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The timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic lists the articles containing the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, [1] the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 occurred in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, on or about 17 November 2019. [2]
Using traditional scientific modeling techniques that predict the spread of viruses, Leung projected the true number of COVID-19 infections was likely 10 times more than the official reported numbers. [232] Leung estimated that there were between 44,000 and 100,000 infections in China as of 24 January 2020.
On 11 February 2020, the WHO named the disease COVID-19 (short for coronavirus disease 2019). That same day, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) formally announced it had named the causative virus as SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) based upon its genetic similarity to the 2003 SARS-CoV.
On Oct. 7, the FDA authorized the first over-the-counter home flu and COVID-19 combination test outside of emergency use authorization, which can detect SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19 ...
According to the CDC, COVID-19 spreads more easily than the flu and can cause more severe illnesses in some people. Symptoms may also take longer to present in people with COVID-19, and they may ...
Each year, RSV leads to 58,000–80,000 hospitalizations among children younger than 5 years old and 100,000–150,000 hospitalizations among adults 60 years and older, according to the CDC,
By 4 July the continent recorded more than 251,000 new COVID cases, a 20% increase from the prior week and a 12% increase from the January peak. More than sixteen African countries, including Malawi and Senegal, recorded an uptick in new cases. [394] The WHO labelled it Africa's 'Worst Pandemic Week Ever'. [395]
There’s a trio of viruses spreading in the U.S. — COVID-19, the flu and RSV — and some in the medical world are calling it a “tripledemic.” Public health officials have seen “elevated ...