Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic
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 (COVID-19) 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 16 November 2019.[2] The first human case in the United States was on 21 January 2020. The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020.[3][4] As of this edit (February 2024[update]) it is still unknown on precisely how humans in mainland China were initially or previously infected with the virus known as SARS-CoV-2.[5]
Worldwide timelines by month and year[edit]
The 2019 and January 2020 timeline articles include the initial responses as subsections, and more comprehensive timelines by nation-state are listed below this section.
The following are the timelines of the COVID-19 pandemic respectively in:
- Responses
The following are responses to the COVID-19 pandemic respectively in:
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
Timeline by country[edit]
Some of the timelines listed below also contain responses. The following are the timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in:
Africa[edit]
- Egypt
- Ghana
- Ivory Coast
- Nigeria
- South Africa
Americas[edit]
Asia[edit]
Europe[edit]
- Belarus
- Croatia
- Ireland
- Italy
- Malta
- Romania
- Serbia
- Spain
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- United Kingdom (January–June 2020)
- United Kingdom (July–December 2020)
- England (January–June 2020)
- England (July–December 2020)
- Northern Ireland (2020)
- Scotland (2020)
- Wales (2020)
- United Kingdom (January–June 2021)
- United Kingdom (July–December 2021)
- England (2021)
- Northern Ireland (2021)
- Scotland (2021)
- Wales (2021)
- United Kingdom (January–June 2022)
- United Kingdom (July–December 2022)
- England (2022)
- Wales (2022)
- Scotland (2022)
- Northern Ireland (2022)
Oceania[edit]
Worldwide cases by month and year[edit]
The following are COVID-19 pandemic cases in:
References[edit]
- ^ "Coronavirus". www.who.int. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ Page, Jeremy; Hinshaw, Drew; McKay, Betsy (26 February 2021). "In Hunt for Covid-19 Origin, Patient Zero Points to Second Wuhan Market - The man with the first confirmed infection of the new coronavirus told the WHO team that his parents had shopped there". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Statement on the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)". World Health Organization (WHO). 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19—11 March 2020". World Health Organization. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ WHO. "Q&A on coronaviruses (COVID-19)". World Health Organization. Retrieved 6 April 2020.