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Timeline COVID-19
- 41Accepted financial compensation applications for individuals under quarantine and caregivers of quarantined individuals.
- 42First fixed location charter flight arrived at Taiwan, with 153 passengers undergoing centralized quarantine for 14 days.
- 43The number of confirmed cases in the US jumped to 86,012, surpassing China for the highest confirmed cases in the global community.
- 44CECC held a press conference and announced its latest understanding on developments of the epidemic, while urging citizens to refrain from sharing unsubstantiated information and hearsay.
- 45Holding a press conference to provide COVID-19 updates, initiating border control according to standard operating procedures, and onboard inspections for direct flights from Wuhan.
- 46WHO picked up a media statement on cases of 'viral pneumonia' in Wuhan from the website of Chinese authorities.
- 47Holding the1st Meeting on “Emergency response measures to pneumonia of an unknown cause originating from China”, culminating in the establishment of the Epidemic Response Team. Official notice sent to all medical institutions to request physicians to report all cases with suspected symptoms and patients with travel history from Wuhan.
- 48China reported to WHO on a cluster of atypical pneumonia cases with no deaths.
- 49Formalized the definition of coronavirus cases and reporting & handling procedures. All medical institutions are requested to strengthen infection control measures and enhance diagnosis capabilities on new and emerging infectious diseases.
- 50WHO published the first disease outbreak news on the new virus, which describes WHO's initial reply, advice, and risk assessment.
- 51WHO launched the WHO's health alert on WhatsApp in Arabia, Frence and Spain.
- 52Wuhan City was listed as a Level 1 (Watch) Travel Notice destination by Taiwan CDC.
- 53The Chinese authorities claimed to identify a new type of coronavirus, which was named novel coronavirus, nCoV.
- 54Security alert level raised for all international and cross-strait ports of entry/exit.
- 55Officials confirmed a case of COVID-19 in Thailand, which was imported from China and the first recorded case outside of China globally.
- 56Formulating the “Practices and Control Measures by Primary Care Clinics in Response to Atypical Pneumonia of Unknown Cause from Wuhan, China” .
- 57The first known death from an illness caused by 2019-nCoV in Wuhan City.
- 58WHO recommended not to impose any form of travel restrictions.
- 59WHO issued a comprehensive package of technical guidance with advice to all countries on how to detect, test and manage potentail cases.
- 60Taiwan sent two experts to Wuhan and visited the Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention as well as hospitals where infected patients were being treated.
