Timeline of 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] 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.[5] Click the play button in the top left to interact with the map.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.
Scientifically accurate atomic model of the external structure of SARS-CoV-2. Each "ball" is an atom.
Scientifically accurate atomic model of the external structure of SARS-CoV-2. Each "ball" is an atom.
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B.1.617Economic impactrecessionArts and cultureAviationCannabisCinemaDisneyFashionFinancial marketsFood industryFood securityJournalismPerforming artsRetailTelevisionsportscastingprogramsTourismVideo gamesCanadaMalaysiaBy sportAssociation footballBaseballBasketballCombat sportsCricketDisc golfGaelic gamesGridiron footballIce hockeyMotorsportRugby leagueImpactsLong COVIDNeurological and psychological symptomsPost-exertional malaiseSocietyAnimalsAlzheimer's disease patientsBlack peopleDeath rates by countryDisabilityDomestic violenceEmergency evacuationsEducationFemaleEnvironmentHospitalsLanguageLGBT communityLong-term careMedia coverageMental healthMigrationMilitaryNotable deathsOther health issuesPopular cultureProtestsPregnancyPrisonsReligionCatholic ChurchScience and technologySocial mediaStrikesSuicidesTelehealthXenophobia and racismPoliticsDiplomacychronologyepidemiologyWuhan, People's Republic of ChinaPublic Health Emergency of International ConcernpandemicJanuary 2020February 2020March 2020April 2020May 2020June 2020July 2020August 2020September 2020October 2020November 2020December 2020January 2021February 2021March 2021April 2021May 2021June 2021July 2021August 2021September 2021October 2021November 2021December 2021January 2022February 2022March 2022April 2022May 2022June 2022July 2022August 2022September 2022October 2022November 2022December 2022National responses to the COVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19 timeline by country in AfricaGhana (March–July 2020)Ghana (August–December 2020)Ghana (2021)Nigeria (February–June 2020)Nigeria (July–December 2020)Nigeria (2021)South AfricaArgentinaBrazilOntario (2020)Ontario (2021)Ontario (2022)QuebecSaskatchewanMexicoTrinidad and TobagoUnited StatesUnited States (2020)United States (2021)CaliforniaMarylandMassachusettsBostonUruguayUruguay (2020)Uruguay (2021)BangladeshIndia (January–May 2020)India (June–December 2020)India (2021)KeralaIndonesiaIndonesia (2020)Indonesia (2021)Indonesia (2022)Malaysia (2020)Malaysia (2021)Malaysia (2022)Malaysia (2023)Malaysia (2024)PakistanPhilippines (2020)Philippines (2021)Philippines (2022)Russia (January–June 2020)Russia (July–December 2020)SingaporeSingapore (2020)Singapore (2021)Singapore (2022)ThailandTurkeyBelarusCroatiaIreland (2020)Ireland (2021)Ireland (2022)RomaniaSerbiaUnited KingdomUnited 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)AustraliaAustralia (2020)Australia (January–June 2021)Australia (July–December 2021)Australia (2022)New Zealand (2020)New Zealand (2021)New Zealand (2022)New Zealand (2023)COVID-19 pandemic deathsThe Wall Street JournalPre-pandemicSevere acute respiratory syndromeMiddle East respiratory syndromeCrimson ContagionDisease XExercise CygnusTimelinenationalresponsesAlgeriaCanary IslandsMauritaniaMelillaMoroccoTunisiaWestern SaharaSahrawi Arab Democratic RepublicBurundiComorosDjiboutiEritreaEthiopiaMadagascarMauritiusMayotteRéunionRwandaSeychellesSomaliaPuntlandSomalilandSouth SudanTanzaniaUgandaAngolaBotswanaEswatiniLesothoMalawiMozambiqueNamibialist of deathsZambiaZimbabweCameroonCentral African RepublicDemocratic Republic of the CongoRepublic of the CongoSão Tomé and PríncipeBurkina FasoCape VerdeEquatorial GuineaGambiaMarch–JulyAugust–Decembergovernment responseGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastLiberiaSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSenegalSierra LeoneKazakhstanKyrgyzstanJanuary–JuneJuly–DecembereconomicsocialpoliticalTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanHong Kong2020 Summer Olympics and ParalympicsNorth KoreaSouth KoreaMongoliaTaiwanrespirator diplomacyMainland ChinalockdownstatisticsvaccinationBeijing2022 Winter Olympics and ParalympicsHeilongjiangInner MongoliaLiaoningShanghai2022 outbreakSichuanXinjiangAfghanistanBhutanMaldivesTablighi Jamaat hotspotSri Lankamigrant workers' crisisJanuary–MayJune–Decemberunion government responsePM CARES Fundstate government responsesVaccine MaitriAndaman and Nicobar IslandsAndhra PradeshArunachal PradeshChandigarhChhattisgarhDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuGujaratHaryanaHimachal PradeshJammu and KashmirJharkhandKarnatakaLadakhLakshadweepMadhya PradeshMaharashtraManipurMeghalayaMizoramNagalandOdishaPuducherryPunjabRajasthanSikkimTamil NaduTelanganaTripuraUttar PradeshUttarakhandWest BengalSoutheastBruneiCambodiaEast Timorsocial restrictionsCommunity Activities Restrictions EnforcementMyanmarcircuit breaker responseAid and relief effortsmovement control orderTablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspotKuala LumpurSarawakSelangorcommunity quarantinesBangsamoroBicol RegionCagayan ValleyCalabarzonCaragaCentral LuzonCentral VisayasCordilleraDavao RegionEastern VisayasIlocos RegionMetro ManilaMimaropaNorthern MindanaoSoccsksargenWestern VisayasZamboanga PeninsulaOverseas FilipinosArmeniaAzerbaijanArtsakhBahrainCyprusNorthern CyprusGeorgiaAbkhaziaSouth OssetiaKurdistan RegionIsraelJordanKuwaitLebanonPalestineSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesJanuary–June 2020July–December 2020January–June 2021July–December 2021January–June 2022July–December 2022responseOperation RescriptcontractsEnglandLondonlocal lockdown regulationsfirst tier regulationsNorthern IrelandScotlandCrown DependenciesIsle of ManJerseyGuernseyOverseas territoriesAkrotiri and DhekeliaBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryGibraltarMoldovaGagauziaTransnistriagovernment responsespolitical impactUkraineCrimeaSevastopolAlbaniaBosnia and HerzegovinaKosovoMontenegroNorth MacedoniaAustriaBelgiumBulgariaCzech RepublicDenmarkFaroe IslandsEstoniaFinlandÅlandFranceGuadeloupeFrench GuianaMartiniqueNormandySaint MartinNorth Rhine-WestphaliaGreeceHungarysocial impactLatviaLithuaniaLuxembourgPolandPortugalSlovakiaSloveniaAsturiasCommunity of MadridOperation GloriaIcelandLiechtensteinNorwaySvalbardSwitzerlandAndorraMonacoSan MarinoVatican CityNorthAmericaBermudaGreenlandSaint Pierre and Miquelonfederal aidmilitary responseAtlantic BubbleAlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaNew BrunswickNewfoundland and LabradorNorthwest TerritoriesNova ScotiaNunavutOntarioOttawaPeel RegionTorontoYork RegionProvincial government responsePrince Edward IslandMontrealboroughsAntigua and BarbudaBahamasBarbadosGuantanamo Bay Naval BaseDominicaDominican RepublicGrenadaJamaicaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesBritish Overseas TerritoriesAnguillaBritish Virgin IslandsCayman IslandsMontserratTurks and Caicos IslandsCuraçaoSint MaartenBonaireSint EustatiusSaint BarthélemyPuerto RicoU.S. Virgin IslandsBelizeCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamaTrump administration communication2021 hospital crisisstate and local 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de GaulleUSS Theodore RooseveltImpactArts andcultural heritageReferences in popular culturefilms affectedCorona-chanFashion industryMusic industryU.S. sportsprograms affectedFemale educationHomeschoolingexam grading controversySportsBio-secure bubbleGridirion football (NCAAF, NFL, and CFL)StigmaChildrenfoster care in the U.S.Pandemic bakingHealthcare workersIndian migrant workersGreat ResignationAbortion in the U.S.U.S. immigration detentionGenderAfrican communitiesDisability communityNative American communitiesCharitable activityCOVID-19 scamsTravel restrictionsCOVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment PaymentAirlinesCannabis industrymeat industry in Canadameat industry in the U.S.restaurant industry in the U.S.ICU capacityLong-term care facilitiesMink farmingPublic transportShortagesChip supplyEnergyGlobal supply chainOil price warGlobal stock market crashCOVID-19 recessionInflationWikipedia's responseGovernmentsIvermectinPlandemicLegislationConvoy to Canberra2020 protests2021 protestsconvoy protestBeijing Sitong Bridge protesthealthcare reform protests2022 protestsYellow vests protestslabor protestsFrench West Indies social unrestIdar-Oberstein shootingprotests against Benjamin Netanyahucurfew riotsWellington protestOpen the StatesInternational relationsMoldovan–Romanian collaborationRespirator diplomacy of TaiwanVaccine diplomacyAnthropauseDoomscrollingFlattening the curveGreen recoverySuperspreaderTwindemicZoom townsPregnant womenTransmissionSymptomsCancerEndemic COVID-19Skin manifestationsneurological, psychological and other mental health outcomesNon-COVID-19–related health issuesRehabilitationUnproven medical methodsDatasetsOperation MoonshotTest to ReleaseUK Rapid Test ConsortiumAbC-19 rapid antibody testinvestigations into the originslab leak theoryRapid antigen testSurveillanceUndercounting COVID-19 deathsAarogya SetuBlueTracecareFIJICoronavirus AustraliaCorona-Warn-AppCOVID-19 Contact-Confirming ApplicationCOVID AlertCOVIDSafeCOVID Tracker IrelandCovid 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TeamNovel Coronavirus Expert MeetingCrisis Preparedness and Response CentreDefeat COVID-19 Ad Hoc CommitteeInter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious DiseasesCentral Epidemic Command CenterCoronavirus Scientific Advisory BoardCOVID-19 Genomics UK ConsortiumImperial College COVID-19 Response TeamJoint Biosecurity CentreVaccine TaskforceCOVID-19 Advisory BoardGreat American Economic Revival Industry GroupsWhite House Coronavirus Task ForceWhite House COVID-19 Response TeamArtist ReliefAi FenCorona RintawanLi WenliangLiu WenXie LinkaZhang WenhongAwang Bulgiba Awang MahmudRoberto BurioniChen WeiKizzmekia CorbettAndrea CrisantiPeter DaszakChristian DrostenNeil FergusonDale FisherGeorge F. GaoAzra GhaniSarah GilbertGuan YiKentaro IwataKatalin KarikóMatt KeelingTrudie LangLi LanjuanW. Ian LipkinMa XiaoweiShabir MadhiAllison McGeerCamilla RotheShi ZhengliMoncef SlaouiMike TildesleyJohn ToddWang ChenWang GuangfaDrew WeissmanYuen Kwok-yungZeng GuangZhang JixianZhang YongzhenZhong NanshanTedros AdhanomBruce AylwardMaria Van KerkhoveMichael J. RyanFrank AthertonAshley BloomfieldCatherine CalderwoodChang Shan-chwenAnutin CharnvirakulChen Shih-chungKenneth Chuang Yin-chingVictor CostacheFabrizio CurcioCarmen DesedaJaap van DisselFrancisco Duque IIIAnthony FauciFrancesco Paolo FigliuoloGraça FreitasHenrique Gouveia e MeloMatt HancockHamad HasanGreg HuntTony HolohanJeong Eun-kyeongFahrettin KocaLi KeqiangHugo López-Gatell RamírezMichael McBrideOriol MitjàZweli MkhizeDoni MonardoAlma MöllerSaeed NamakiAla NemerencoNguyễn Thanh LongNoor Hisham AbdullahAli PilliDaniel SalinasJérôme SalomonFernando SimónGregor SmithSu Ih-jenŁukasz SzumowskiTheresa TamAnders TegnellÞórólfur GuðnasonSotiris TsiodrasHarsh VardhanVíðir ReynissonCarla VizzottiVlad VoiculescuChris WhittyLawrence WongJeff ZientsChen QiushiBrett CrozierFang BinFang FangJoseph Ashitey HammondLi ZehuaCaptain Tom MooreQiu MenghuangRen ZhiqiangList of deaths due to COVID-19World map by countries: confirmed per capita