Timeline COVID-19

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• 21WHO experts conducted a brief field visit to China.109-05-22
• 22Officials confirmed the first case of 2019-nCoV in the United States, which was the first case outside of Asia.109-05-22
• 23Under the IHR, WHO convened the first Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus.109-05-22
• 24Wuhan city was locked down by the Chinese authorities. At the same time, WHO declared, there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission outside China.The outbreak has not yet become a public health emergency of international concern.109-05-22
• 25Macau banned on mask exports.109-05-22
• 26One confirmed case in Vietnam had no travel history to Wuhan, China. Therefore, WHO suggested an instance of human to human transmission.109-05-22
• 27WHO admitted an error in its risk assessment of the novel coronavirus and rasied its risk level to high globally.109-05-22
• 28WHO declared the novel coronavirus “a public health emergency of international concern.”109-05-22
• 29WHO convened the second IHR Emergency Committee on Novel Coronavirus. Director-General Tedros once again praised China for its epidemic prevention measures, and also summarizes recommendations of the committee in seven key areas.109-05-22
• 30The Philippines reported the first COVID-19 death outside of China.109-05-22
• 31India banned on mask exports.109-05-22
• 32Thailand banned on mask exports.109-05-22
• 33Dr. Tedros announced the official name for the pneumonia casued by novel coronavirus as COVID-19 in the press conference.109-05-22
• 34WHO's situation report confirmed that cases involving human-to-human transmission appeared in 12 countries outside of China.109-05-22
• 35Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the window of opportunity to contain the outbreak was narrowing.109-05-22
• 36WHO stated that the COVID-19 outbreak was not yet a pandemic, as it was niether spreading internationally in an uncontrolled way, nor causing large-scale of deaths.109-05-22
• 37South Korea banned on mask exports.109-05-14
• 38WHO raised risk level of COVID-19 to very high at the global level.109-05-22
• 39Iran's confirmed cases reached to 978 and 54 deaths; it became the country with highest death toll outside of China.109-05-22
• 40France requisitioned all face masks for central distribution.109-05-22