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The first confirmed human case in the United States was on 19 January 2020. The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and first referred to it as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. [3] [4] The WHO ended the PHEIC on 5 May 2023. [5]
Due to the long time spans, the first plague pandemic (6th century – 8th century) and the second plague pandemic (14th century – early 19th century) are shown by individual outbreaks, such as the Plague of Justinian (first pandemic) and the Black Death (second pandemic).
The COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Europe with its first confirmed case in Bordeaux, France, on 24 January 2020, and subsequently spread widely across the continent. By 17 March 2020, every country in Europe had confirmed a case, [ 316 ] and all had reported at least one death, with the exception of Vatican City .
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States (2023) Index of articles associated with the same name This set index article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names).
The Summary. U.S. life expectancy jumped to 78.4 years last year, the highest it has been since 2019, before the pandemic. A decline in Covid deaths was a primary factor in the upward trend.
Map of school closures around the world, red represents where schools were entirely closed at some point in the pandemic and orange where they were partially closed Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; COVID-19 pandemic baby bust; Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education; Human rights issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic
On January 20, Chinese authorities announced the confirmation that human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus had already occurred. [19] [20]The first recorded U.S. case of the new virus was also reported on January 20, in a 35-year-old American citizen traveling from Wuhan, China, to his home in Washington state.
In the year that has passed since the virus was declared a pandemic, women’s participation in the workforce has dropped to its lowest number since 1988, according to the National Women’s Law ...