Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020
This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in February 2020, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. WHO Situation Report 12:[5] (Please note that the WHO Situation Reports as official reportage stand on their own.)According to the WHO, there were no new countries reporting cases in the past 24 hours.This was due to the change in definition that included clinical (radiological) diagnosis of patients.[148][149][150] The World Health Organization indicated that, for consistency, it would report only the number of laboratory-confirmed cases.
Africa; HQ:
Brazzaville
, Republic of the Congo
Western Pacific; HQ:
Manila
, Philippines
Europe; HQ:
Copenhagen
, Denmark
Americas; HQ:
Washington, D.C.
, US
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