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The COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium has resulted in 4,893,861 [2] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 34,339 [2] deaths.. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Belgium on 4 February 2020, when one of a group of nine Belgians repatriated from Wuhan to Brussels was reported to have tested positive for the coronavirus.
[2] In 2017, Kahoot! had raised $26.5 million in funding from Northzone, Creandum and Microsoft Ventures. [7] On October 11, 2018, Kahoot! was valued at $300 million. [8] As of 11 June 2020, Kahoot! was valued at $1.5 billion and raised further capital from Northzone. [9] In 2019, Kahoot! acquired the Scandinavian education company Poio. [10]
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]
As of October 11, 2018, Kahoot! is valued at $300 million. [2] As of 11 June 2020, Kahoot! was valued at $1.5 billion and raised further capital from Northzone. [3] In 2019, Kahoot! acquired the Scandinavian company Poio, which developed an app that taught reading through games. [4]
WHO finalised the official names COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 on 11 February 2020. [22] Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus explained: CO for corona, VI for virus, D for disease and 19 for when the outbreak was first identified (31 December 2019). [23] WHO additionally uses "the COVID-19 virus" and "the virus responsible for COVID-19" in public ...
This article contains the number of cases of coronavirus disease 2019 reported by each country and territory to the World Health Organization in April 2020 and published in the latter's daily 'situation reports'.
A patient in San Jose, California became the first COVID-19 death in the United States discovered by April 2020. She died at home without any known recent foreign travel, after being unusually sick from flu in late January, then recovering, remote working , and suddenly dying on 6 February.
17 March – Prime Minister broadcasts stricter social distancing measures in response to the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Belgium, with non-essential travel prohibited, non-essential shops to close, gatherings banned, and penalties to force companies and individuals to abide by the rules coming into effect at noon the following day. [9]