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  • 3 February 2020

    WHO releases its Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan, intended for states with weak healthcare systems. Source

  • 2 February 2020

    First COVID-19 death reported outside of China – in the Philippines. Source

  • 30 January 2020

    Emergency committee reconvenes; advises that the outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern and the Director-General announces it....

  • 24 January 2020

    First report of person-to-person novel coronavirus transmission reported among a family of 6. Source 

  • 23 January 2020

    • Moderna, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, announces that it has been awarded funding to develop a messenger RNA (mRNA)-based...

  • 22 January 2020

    • In a press statement, WHO reports that Chinese epidemiological research and roll-out of testing suggest person-to-person transmission of the...

  • 21 January 2020

    WHO regional representatives visit Wuhan.

  • 20 January 2020

    • First US case of novel coronavirus reported in Washington State, in a man who had visited Wuhan. • China...

  • 14 January 2020

    WHO notes the possibility of person-to-person transmission of the novel coronavirus, and  the potential for a wider outbreak. 

  • 13 January 2020

    The first confirmed case of illness from the novel coronavirus outside of China is reported in Thailand in a traveler...

  • 11 January 2020

    41 people in Wuhan City receive a preliminary diagnosis of novel coronavirus; seven cases are severe and one person with...

  • 10 January 2020

    • WHO issues online technical guidance, including on transmission of respiratory viruses such as SARS and MERS and infection control...