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| | ==Timeline of COVID-19 Outbreak== | | ==Timeline of COVID-19 Outbreak== |
| | + | *17 November - First Wuhan coronavirus case according to Chinese Communist Party officials searching for 'patient zero'.<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-patients-zero-contracted-case-november-2020-3?op=1</ref> |
| | + | *10 December - Earliest known coronavirus patients starts feeling ill.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-it-all-started-chinas-early-coronavirus-missteps-11583508932</ref> |
| | *17 December 2019 - First reported death in China <ref>//www.brookings.edu/2020/04/02/the-early-days-of-a-global-pandemic-a-timeline-of-covid-19-spread-and-government-interventions/ </ref> | | *17 December 2019 - First reported death in China <ref>//www.brookings.edu/2020/04/02/the-early-days-of-a-global-pandemic-a-timeline-of-covid-19-spread-and-government-interventions/ </ref> |
| − | *31 December 2019 – China reports outbreak to [[World Health Organization]] <ref>//www.brookings.edu/2020/04/02/the-early-days-of-a-global-pandemic-a-timeline-of-covid-19-spread-and-government-interventions/ /</ref> | + | *30 December. Wuhan ophthalmologist Dr. Li Wenliang shares information on WeChat about the new SARS-like virus. He is called in by the Chinese Communist Security Police for questioning shortly afterward. Ai Fen, a top director at Wuhan Central Hospital, posts information on WeChat about the new virus. She was reprimanded for doing so and ordered not to spread information about it. |
| | + | :*Health officials issued a document (pdf) forbidding all medical institutes or individuals from disclosing any information regarding the new disease.<ref>https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E5%81%9A%E5%A5%BD%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%8E%E5%8E%9F%E5%9B%A0%E8%82%BA%E7%82%8E%E6%95%91%E6%B2%BB%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E7%9A%84%E7%B4%A7%E6%80%A5%E9%80%9A%E7%9F%A5.pdf</ref> |
| | + | *'''31 December.''' [[Taiwan]] warns the World Health Organization (WHO) of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/20/who-taiwan-coronavirus-warning/</ref> |
| | + | :*China reports outbreak to [[World Health Organization]], according to the [[leftwing]] [[Brookins Institute]]. <ref>//www.brookings.edu/2020/04/02/the-early-days-of-a-global-pandemic-a-timeline-of-covid-19-spread-and-government-interventions/ /</ref> |
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| | + | *3 January. Doctors who posted warning about the Chinese coronavirus forced to plead guilty and sign confessions admitting to 'rumor-mongering' and 'distrubing the public order' by the Chinese communist Security Police. |
| | + | *6-17 January. Wuhan authorities reported almost zero new cases of coronavirus.<ref>https://www.ntd.com/a-timeline-of-events-leading-up-to-the-coronavirus-outbreak-in-china_442592.html</ref> |
| | + | *14 January. World Health Organization publicly proclaims, "Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China🇨🇳."<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/18/flashback-who-china-coronavirus-contagious/</ref> |
| | + | *15 January. - In a dramatic "historic" event televised by CNN and MSNBC, [[Democrats]] slow walk impeachment articles to the Senate.<ref>https://www.redstate.com/elizabeth-vaughn/2020/04/01/two-fateful-events-occurred-on-january-15-one-loud-one-quiet-have-changed-the-u.s.-for</ref> |
| | + | :*A 35-year-old man had just returned from visiting his family in Wuhan, China to Washington State’s Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. . Five days later, on January 20, he would become the first person in the U.S. to test positive for the coronavirus.<ref>https://twitter.com/JohnAshbrook/status/1244993365038501889</ref> |
| | *18 January 2020 - Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar briefs President Trump about the severity of the crisis <ref> //intelnews.org/2020/03/21/01-2742// </ref> | | *18 January 2020 - Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar briefs President Trump about the severity of the crisis <ref> //intelnews.org/2020/03/21/01-2742// </ref> |
| | *21 January 2020 – United States announces first confirmed case, a Washington man in his early thirties. <ref> https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-timeline-tracking-critical-moments-covid-19-n1154341/</ref> | | *21 January 2020 – United States announces first confirmed case, a Washington man in his early thirties. <ref> https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-timeline-tracking-critical-moments-covid-19-n1154341/</ref> |
| | + | *23 January - Chinese Communist Party goes public about Wuhan virus epidemic. Wuhan and three other cities are put on lockdown. |
| | + | *24 January - Chinese Communist Party extends lockdown to cover 36 million people and starts to building quarantine camps in Wuhan. |
| | + | *24-30 January. China celebrates the Lunar New Year holiday. Hundreds of millions of people are in transit around the country as they visit relatives. Approximately 5 million people have left Wuhan without being screened for the Chinese coronavirus. |
| | + | *27 January - Vice President Mike Pence, head of the Coronavirus Task Force, outlines the Trump administration's efforts to work with China to counter coronavirus. |
| | *30 January 2020 – WHO declares a world health emergency. More than 9000 cases worldwide. <ref> https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-timeline-tracking-critical-moments-covid-19-n1154341 /</ref> | | *30 January 2020 – WHO declares a world health emergency. More than 9000 cases worldwide. <ref> https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-timeline-tracking-critical-moments-covid-19-n1154341 /</ref> |
| | + | :*30 January - WHO Director General Tad Adhamon criticized travel bans to and from China where the deadly outbreak first occurred saying, "There is no reason for measures that unnecessarily interfere with international travel and trade."<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/01/30/coronavirus-can-spread-on-contaminated-surfaces-experts-warn/</ref> |
| | + | :*President Trump initiates travel restrictions from China, saving lives. Experts praise the travel ban as a critical decision to slow the spread of coronavirus;<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-bans-travel-china-orders-1st-quarantine-50-years/</ref> |
| | + | :*''WaPo'': Trump administration “drastically escalates its response” to the coronavirus epidemic, requiring quarantines and health screenings.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/01/31/trump-weighs-tighter-china-travel-restrictions-response-coronavirus/</ref> |
| | + | :*Democrat leaders Biden, Pelosi and and leftist fake news media call Trump “[[xenophobic]]” and “racist.”<ref>https://nationalfile.com/flashback-biden-opposed-trumps-chinese-coronavirus-travel-ban-as-xenophobia/</ref><ref>https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/29/tweets/chuck-schumer-didnt-delete-tweet-criticizing-trump/</ref> |
| | + | *4 February - Democrat House members and the World Health Organization criticize Trump’s decision to restrict travel from China.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/04/coronavirus-quaratine-travel-110750</ref> |
| | + | :*Chinese Government Encourages Italians to Fight Coronavirus Racism by Hugging Strangers.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/watch-chinese-government-encourages-italians-to-fight-coronavirus-racism-by-hugging-strangers/</ref> |
| | + | :*In his State of the Union speech, President Trump addresses the COVID-19 outbreak; Nancy Pelosi rips up her copy of the State of the Union speech calling is "falsehoods". |
| | + | *7 February - Dr. Li Wenliang, one of the eight doctors forced to a sign a criminal confession admitting to posting “illegal and false” information warning the public of the coronavirus epidemic, dies. A selfie of the doctor lying sick in his hospital bed went viral, stirring widespread outrage against the leftwing Chinese Communist Party in China.<ref>https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15576/china-coronavirus-li-wenliang</ref> “To get an idea of the enormous scale of said outpouring of grief and anger, Dr. Li’s death apparently generated 800 million(!) comments on Weibo by midnight - 2.5 hours after it was first reported and 3 hours before it was confirmed by the hospital."<ref>https://twitter.com/davidpaulk/status/1225620210775994368?s=11</ref> |
| | *24 February 2020 – Fifty-three confirmed cases of the virus in the United States. President Trump tweeted: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA” <ref> //intelnews.org/2020/03/21/01-2742// </ref> | | *24 February 2020 – Fifty-three confirmed cases of the virus in the United States. President Trump tweeted: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA” <ref> //intelnews.org/2020/03/21/01-2742// </ref> |
| | *11 March 2020 – WHO declares the outbreak can be characterized as a pandemic. <ref> https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-timeline-tracking-critical-moments-covid-19-n1154341/ </ref> | | *11 March 2020 – WHO declares the outbreak can be characterized as a pandemic. <ref> https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-timeline-tracking-critical-moments-covid-19-n1154341/ </ref> |
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| | *16 March 2020 – United States begins human testing of COVID-19 vaccine. <ref> https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-timeline-tracking-critical-moments-covid-19-n1154341 / </ref> | | *16 March 2020 – United States begins human testing of COVID-19 vaccine. <ref> https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-timeline-tracking-critical-moments-covid-19-n1154341 / </ref> |
| | *23 March 2020 – WHO said more than 300,000 cases were reported from almost every country. <ref> https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-timeline-tracking-critical-moments-covid-19-n1154341 / </ref> | | *23 March 2020 – WHO said more than 300,000 cases were reported from almost every country. <ref> https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-timeline-tracking-critical-moments-covid-19-n1154341 / </ref> |
| | + | *29 March - CDC ‘Lied’ to the White House About Wuhan Virus Testing.<ref>https://www.redstate.com/bonchie/2020/03/20/james-rosen-reports-cdc-lied-to-the-white-house-about-wuhan-virus-testing/</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=255y1-86pyk&t=2s</ref> |
| | 2 April 2020 – United States has 234,462 confirmed cases with 5607 deaths. Worldwide there are 981,221 confirmed cases with 51,335 deaths. <ref> https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 </ref> | | 2 April 2020 – United States has 234,462 confirmed cases with 5607 deaths. Worldwide there are 981,221 confirmed cases with 51,335 deaths. <ref> https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 </ref> |
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| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |