Changes

*24 January - Chinese Communist Party extends lockdown to cover 36 million people and starts to building quarantine camps in Wuhan.  

*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.

*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.

*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.<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-vice-president-pence-white-house-initiative-asian-americans-pacific-islanders-lunar-new-year-celebration/</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 2020 – WHO, which previous declared no human-to-human transmission, 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>  

:*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>

:*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>