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| alt1 = A nurse caring for a patient with COVID‑19 in an intensive care unit
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| alt2 = Meeting of the Italian government task force to face the coronavirus outbreak, 23 February 2020
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| alt3 = Taiwanese 33rd Chemical Corps spraying disinfectant on a street in Taipei, Taiwan
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| alt4 = Burial in Hamadan, Iran
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| alt5 = Workers unloading boxes of medical supplies at Villamor Air Base
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| footer = '''Clockwise, starting from top''':{{flatlist|
* A nurse caring for a COVID‑19 patient in an [[Intensive care medicine|intensive care]] unit aboard a U.S. hospital ship
* Disinfection vehicles in Taiwan
* Donated medical supplies being received in the Philippines
* Burial in Iran
* The [[Conte II Cabinet|Italian government]]'s outbreak task force}}
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| disease = [[Coronavirus disease 2019]] (COVID‑19)
| virus_strain = [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|Severe acute respiratory syndrome<br />coronavirus 2]] (SARS‑CoV‑2){{Efn|name=fn1|group=|In summary, this article is about the coronavirus ''pandemic'', which is caused by the ''disease'' COVID‑19, which is caused by the ''virus'' SARS‑CoV‑2.<ref name="WHO name" />}}
| location = [[COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory|Worldwide]]
| first_outbreak = China<ref name="auto" />
| index_case = [[Wuhan]], [[Hubei]], China<br />{{coord|30|37|11|N|114|15|28|E|type:adm2nd_region:CN-42}}
| date = {{Start date|2019|12|01|df=yes}}&ndash;present<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Novel Coronavirus—China |url=https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/ |website=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO) |access-date=9 April 2020 |archive-date=14 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114185815/https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| source = Probably [[bat]]s, possibly via [[pangolin]]s<ref name="reuters223180">{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-virus-idUSKCN223180 |title=Coronavirus very likely of animal origin, no sign of lab manipulation: WHO |date=21 April 2020 |agency=Reuters |access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Lau SK, Luk HK, Wong AC, Li KS, Zhu L, He Z, Fung J, Chan TT, Fung KS, Woo PC |s2cid=216073459 |display-authors=6 |title=Possible Bat Origin of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 |journal=Emerging Infectious Diseases |volume=26 |issue=7 |publisher=U.S. [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) |issn=1080-6059 |oclc=1058036512 |date=April 2020 |pages=1542–1547 |pmid=32315281 |doi=10.3201/eid2607.200092 |pmc=7323513}}</ref>
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The '''COVID-19 pandemic''', also called the '''coronavirus pandemic''', is a current [[pandemic]] of [[coronavirus disease 2019]] (COVID-19). It is caused by<!--NO DEFINITE ARTICLE ("THE") AS PER VIRUS'S ARTICLE--> [[severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2]] (SARS-CoV-2).<ref name="WHO name">{{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it|title=Naming the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the virus that causes it|website=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Coronavirus disease 2019 |url=https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 |publisher=[[World Health Organization]] |access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref>{{Efn|text=To summarize, this article is about the ''pandemic'', which is caused by the ''disease'' COVID-19, which is caused by the ''virus'' SARS-CoV-2.|group=lower-alpha}} The [[wikt:outbreak|outbreak]] started in [[Wuhan]], [[Hubei]], China, in December 2019. The [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) called it a [[pandemic]] on 11 March 2020.<ref name="WHOpandemic2">{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---11-march-2020 |title=WHO Director-General's opening 7remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19—11 March 2020 |date=11 March 2020 |publisher=[[World Health Organization]]|access-date=11 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="Hui14Jan2020">{{cite journal|last=Hui|first=David S.|last2=Azhar|first2=Esam EI|last3=Madani|first3=Tariq A.|last4=Ntoumi|first4=Francine|last5=Kock|first5=Richard|last6=Dar|first6=Osman|last7=Ippolito|first7=Giuseppe|last8=Mchugh|first8=Timothy D.|last9=Memish|first9=Ziad A.|last10=Drosten|first10=Christian|last11=Zumla|first11=Alimuddin|date=14 January 2020|title=The continuing epidemic threat of novel coronaviruses to global health – the latest novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China|url=https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(20)30011-4/pdf |journal=International Journal of Infectious Diseases|language=en|volume=91|pages=264–266|doi=10.1016/j.ijid.2020.01.009|issn=1201-9712}}</ref><ref name="promedmail">{{cite web|title=Undiagnosed pneumonia - China (HU) (01): wildlife sales, market closed, RFI Archive Number: 20200102.6866757|url=https://promedmail.org/promed-post/?id=6866757|website=Pro-MED-mail|publisher=International Society for Infectious Diseases|access-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122124653/https://promedmail.org/promed-post/?id=6866757|archive-date=22 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Cohen17Jan2020">{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=Jon|last2=Normile|first2=Dennis|date=17 January 2020|title=New SARS-like virus in China triggers alarm|url=https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6475/234|journal=Science|language=en|volume=367|issue=6475|pages=234–235|doi=10.1126/science.367.6475.234|issn=0036-8075|pmid=31949058|url-access=subscription|access-date=17 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117100226/https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6475/234|archive-date=17 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Parry20Jan2020">{{cite journal|last=Parry|first=Jane|date=20 January 2020|title=China coronavirus: cases surge as official admits human to human transmission|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m236|journal=British Medical Journal|volume=368|doi=10.1136/bmj.m236|issn=1756-1833|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses gave the virus its name. As of February 19, 2021, more than 110 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported in more than 188 countries and territories. More than three million people have died of COVID-19,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html|title=COVID-19 Map|website=Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center|language=en|access-date=2020-10-03}}</ref> and more than 85 million people have defeated, or recovered from the disease.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="JHU CSSE">{{cite web|url=https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6|title=Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases|publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University]]|access-date=3 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="WOM">{{cite web|url=https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/|title=Coronavirus Update (Live): 307,627 Cases and 13,050 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Outbreak—Worldometer|website=www.worldometers.info}}</ref> 

The virus usually moves from one person to another with small drops made when [[Cough|coughing]]<ref name="ECDCQA">{{cite web|url=https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/novel-coronavirus-china/questions-answers|title=Q & A on COVID-19|website=European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control|language=en|access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="WHO2020QA" /><!-- Quote=The main way the disease spreads is through respiratory droplets expelled by someone who is coughing. --> or [[Sneeze|sneezing]].<ref name="CDCTrans">{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/transmission.html|title=Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)—Transmission|date=17 March 2020|website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|language=en-us|access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref><!-- Quote=The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person&nbsp;... Via respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. --> It mostly spreads when people are close to each other, which is why [[social distancing]] is encouraged. Coronavirus can also spread when people touch a surface with the virus, and then they touch their face.<ref name="WHO2020QA" /><!-- These droplets land on objects and surfaces around the person. Other people then catch COVID-19 by touching these objects or surfaces, then touching their eyes, nose or mouth.--><ref name="CDCTrans" /><!-- The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person... Between people who are in close contact with one another --> Common [[Symptom|symptoms]] include [[fever]], cough, and trouble breathing.<ref name="CDC2020Over222" /> The [[Disease|illness]] can worsen with [[pneumonia]] and [[acute respiratory distress syndrome]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/clinical-guidance-management-patients.html|title=Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)|date=11 February 2020|website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|language=en-us|access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref> As of January 2021, a number of vaccines for COVID-19 have been developed, but only a few have been approved as safe for use. The first vaccine to be approved was created by [[Pfizer]] and [[BioNTech]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-12-21|title=Covid: Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine approved for EU states|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55401136|access-date=2021-01-05}}</ref> followed by the [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] / [[AstraZeneca]] <ref>{{Cite news|last=Reuters|first=Source:|date=2020-12-30|title='Safety first': UK health regulatory officials approve Oxford vaccine – video|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2020/dec/30/safety-first-uk-health-regulatory-officials-approve-oxford-vaccine-video|access-date=2021-01-05|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> vaccine. Vaccine distribution has begun in many countries in Europe, North America, South America and Asia.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Which countries have rolled out COVID vaccine?|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/24/vaccine-rollout-which-countries-have-started|access-date=2021-01-05|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}</ref> The United Kingdom was the first western country to administer a COVID-19 vaccine.<ref>{{Cite web|last=CNN|first=Emma Reynolds, Stephanie Halasz, Frederik Pleitgen and Lindsay Isaac|title=UK becomes first country to authorize Pfizer/BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine, first shots roll out next week|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/02/uk/pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-uk-intl-hnk/index.html|access-date=2021-01-05|website=CNN}}</ref> No [[Antiviral treatment|antiviral medicine]] for COVID-19 is available.<ref name="WHO2020QA2">{{cite web|date=12 October 2020|title=FAQ: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)|url=https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses|access-date=29 October 2020|work=[[World Health Organization]]}}</ref><!-- Quote=To date, there is no vaccine and no specific antiviral medicine to prevent or treat COVID-2019 --> Doctors usually give patients supportive therapy instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/caring-for-yourself-at-home.html|title=Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)|date=11 February 2020|website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|language=en-us|access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref><!-- Quote = People with COVID-19 should receive supportive care to help relieve symptoms. For severe cases, treatment should include care to support vital organ functions. --> People can avoid spreading the virus by regularly washing their hands, covering their mouth when coughing, [[Social distancing|maintaining distance from other people]], staying away from crowds, wearing [[Surgical mask|medical]] or [[Cloth facemask|cloth]] face coverings, and being alone for people who think they are infected, also known as [[Quarantine|quarantining]].<ref name="WHO2020QA2" />

The outbreak might be from a coronavirus that usually lives in [[Horseshoe bat|bats]]. This infected another animal, possibly a [[pangolin]]. It then changed inside that other animal until it could infect humans.<ref name="SciTech"/> It possibly originated at a wet market, Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market.<ref>https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/coronavirus-could-started-market-koala-21346952</ref> A 55-year-old person from Hubei province was the first human to contract the virus on November 17, 2019.<ref>https://www.livescience.com/first-case-coronavirus-found.html</ref> A 61-year-old man who was a regular customer at the market was the first person to die from the virus on January 11, 2020.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/article/coronavirus-timeline.html</ref> The exact origin of the virus is still unknown since the market in Wuhan sold a variety of live wild animals in cages. Chinese tourists have spread the virus by traveling to other countries and made it a worldwide pandemic.<ref> https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/3047888/china-coronavirus-unchecked-flow-chinese-tourists</ref>

Racism and xenophobia against [[Chinese people]] and [[Asians]] increased during the pandemic.

In November 2020, two companies, [[Pfizer]] and [[Moderna]], said they had finished making [[COVID-19 vaccine|COVID-19 vaccines]]. Both are over 90% effective. Two mRNA vaccines, one by Pfizer and one by Moderna, have been tested. Both were over 90% effective.<ref name=NYTModerna>{{cite news|publisher=New York Times|access-date=January 16, 2021|title=Early Data Show Moderna’s Coronavirus Vaccine Is 94.5% Effective|date=November 16, 2020|author=Denise Grady|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/health/Covid-moderna-vaccine.html}}</ref> Countries began planning to give the vaccine to many people.<ref name=World>{{cite news|publisher=New York Times|access-date=December 14, 2020|title=How the Vaccine Rollout Will Compare in Britain, Canada and the U.S.|date=December 12, 2020|author=Richard Pérez-Peña|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/12/world/americas/covid-vaccine-us-uk-canada.html}}</ref>
<ref name=UK>{{cite news|publisher=New York Times|access-date=December 14, 2020|title=As U.K. Begins Vaccinations, a Glimpse of Life After Covid|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/world/europe/uk-vaccination-covid-virus.html|author=Benjamin Mueller|date=December 8, 2020}}</ref><ref name=Ambitious>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/14/world/covid-19-coronavirus/america-begins-its-most-ambitious-vaccination-campaign|publisher=New York Times|access-date=December 14, 2020|date=December 14, 2020|title=America begins its most ambitious vaccination campaign.}}</ref> 17 other vaccines have been approved by at least one country, and many others are being developed. 

The [[United States]] has the most deaths from the virus. More than 600,000 Americans have died from the virus.<ref>[https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093256/novel-coronavirus-2019ncov-deaths-worldwide-by-country/ COVID-19 deaths worldwide as of May 17, 2021, by country]</ref> [[California]] had the most COVID-19 cases in the country.<ref>[https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102807/coronavirus-covid19-cases-number-us-americans-by-state/ Total number of U.S. coronavirus (COVID-19) cases as of May 17, 2021, by state]</ref> 


[[File:En.Wikipedia-VideoWiki-Coronavirus disease 2019.webm|thumb|thumbtime=0:02|upright=1.4|Video summary ([[Wikipedia:VideoWiki/Coronavirus disease 2019|script]]) on the coronavirus disease <small>(4:12{{Spaces}}min)</small>]]
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==Epidemiology==
Epidemiology is the study of how diseases affect the health and illness of groups of people.

===Background===
On 31 December 2019, Chinese health authorities reported to the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) a [[Disease cluster|cluster]] of viral pneumonia cases of unknown cause in [[Wuhan]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/westernpacific/emergencies/novel-coronavirus |title=Novel Coronavirus |work=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO) |access-date=6 February 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200202151307/https://www.who.int/westernpacific/emergencies/novel-coronavirus |archive-date=2 February 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=27 cases of viral pneumonia reported in central China's Wuhan City|url=https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-12-31/Authorities-begin-testing-after-pneumonia-cases-in-central-China-MRPvtFbCve/index.html|website=news.cgtn.com|language=en|access-date=29 May 2020|archive-date=2020-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310153851/https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-12-31/Authorities-begin-testing-after-pneumonia-cases-in-central-China-MRPvtFbCve/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and an investigation was launched in early January 2020.<ref name="bbc50984025">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50984025 |title=Mystery pneumonia virus probed in China |date=3 January 2020 |access-date=29 January 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200105051949/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50984025 |archive-date=5 January 2020 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

On 9 June 2020, a [[Harvard University]] study suggested that COVID-19 may have been spreading in China as early as August 2019, based on hospital car park usage and web search trends.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coronavirus may have been in Wuhan in August, study suggests |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/coronavirus-may-have-been-in-wuhan-in-august-study-suggests |access-date=15 June 2020 |date=9 June 2020}}</ref>

===Cases===
Cases means the number of people who have been [[COVID-19 testing|tested for COVID-19]] and have tested positive.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/publications-detail/laboratory-testing-for-2019-novel-coronavirus-in-suspected-human-cases-20200117 |title=Laboratory testing for 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in suspected human cases |website=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO) |access-date=30 March 2020}}</ref> These cases are according to [[Johns Hopkins University]].

===Deaths===
{{Further|List of deaths due to COVID-19}}
[[File:COVID19 deceased in Hackensack NJ April 27.jpg|thumb|Deceased in a {{convert|53|ft|m|order=flip|abbr=on}} "mobile morgue" outside a hospital in [[Hackensack, New Jersey]]]]

Most people who contract COVID-19 recover. For those who do not, the time between the start of symptoms and death usually ranges from{{Spaces}}6 to 41 days, but most of the time about 14 days.<ref name="pathogenesis">{{cite journal |vauthors=Rothan HA, Byrareddy SN |title=The epidemiology and pathogenesis of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak |journal=Journal of Autoimmunity |volume=109 |page=102433 |date=May 2020 |pmid=32113704 |pmc=7127067 |doi=10.1016/j.jaut.2020.102433}}</ref> This data are recorded by the [[World Health Organization|WHO]].

===Duration===

On 11 March 2020, the WHO said that the pandemic could be controlled.<ref name="WHOpandemic2" />

==Symptoms==
{{Further|Coronavirus disease 2019#Signs and symptoms}}
[[File:Symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 2.0.svg|thumb|upright=1.6|Symptoms of COVID-19. There are reports that even people who do not show symptoms can spread it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sciencealert.com/wuhan-coronavirus-can-be-infectious-before-people-show-symptoms-official-claims|title=Wuhan Coronavirus Can Be Infectious Before People Show Symptoms, Official Claims|author=Julia Naftulin, Business Insider|website=sciencealert.com|date=26 January 2020|access-date=28 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127072016/https://www.sciencealert.com/wuhan-coronavirus-can-be-infectious-before-people-show-symptoms-official-claims|archive-date=27 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>]]

According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19 makes people feel sick in different ways, but it usually affects the lungs. People usually cough and have difficulty breathing. They often also have a [[fever]], chills, [[headache]], pain in their muscles, or trouble tasting or smelling things,<ref name="CDCSymptom">{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html|access-date=May 4, 2020|title=Symptoms of Coronavirus|publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}}</ref> which can often be confused with the flu virus. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Influenza (flu) - Symptoms and causes|url=https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/flu/symptoms-causes/syc-20351719|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Mayo Clinic|language=en}}</ref>

According to an April 2020 study by the American Gastroenterological Association, COVID-19 can make sick people vomit or have [[diarrhea]], but this is rare. They said about 7.7% of COVID-19 patients [[Vomit|vomited]], about 7.8% had [[diarrhea]] and about 3.6% had pain in their stomachs.<ref name="EurekaAGA">{{cite press release|url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/aga-ncg050420.php|date=May 4, 2020|access-date=May 4, 2020|title=New COVID-19 guidance for gastroenterologists|publisher=Eurekalert.org}}</ref>

==Data==
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</gallery>{{COVID-19 pandemic data}}
==Name==

In February 2020, the WHO announced a name for the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2: COVID-19. It replaced the name "2019-nCoV."<ref name="NPR">{{cite web|url    = https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/11/802352351/new-coronavirus-gets-an-official-name-from-the-world-health-organization
|title = New Coronavirus Disease Officially Named COVID-19 By The World Health Organization
|author = Brett Dahlberg and Elena Renken
|publisher = NPR|access-date=February 12, 2020
|date = February 11, 2020
}}</ref> "Covi" is for "coronavirus," "D" for "disease," and "19" for the year 2019 – the year it was first detected. They said they did not want the name to have any person, place, or animal in it because people might blame the disease on that place, person, or animal. For example, it did not use the word "Wuhan." They also wanted the name to be easy to say out loud.<ref name="Time">{{cite news|url=https://time.com/5782284/who-name-coronavirus-covid-19/|title=What's in a Name? Why WHO's Formal Name for the New Coronavirus Disease Matters|author=Sanya Mansoor|date=February 11, 2020|access-date=February 13, 2020|publisher=Time}}</ref>

==Mortality rate of COVID-19==
[[File:Coronavirus-cfr.svg|right|350px|thumb|The current death rate of COVID-19]]
According to an article in [[Market Watch]] dated on February 27, 2020, the overall case [[mortality]] rate in China was 2.3%. However, these results might be severely different between different age groups and between men and women. People over the age of 70 experienced a rate of mortality 4-5 times that of the average. Men were more likely to die than women (2.8% versus 1.7% for women) possibly due to lifestyle, such as it being more possible in men to drink and smoke, making the risk of having a respiratory illness more possible, and thus more vulnerable. <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bwire|first=George M.|date=2020-06-04|title=Coronavirus: Why Men are More Vulnerable to Covid-19 Than Women?|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7271824/|journal=Sn Comprehensive Clinical Medicine|pages=1–3|doi=10.1007/s42399-020-00341-w|issn=2523-8973|pmc=7271824|pmid=32838138}}</ref>These numbers were the conclusion of a study by the [[Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention]] using 72,314 COVID-19 cases in mainland China as of Feb. 11. At that point this was the largest sample of cases for such a study.<ref>[https://www.marketwatch.com/story/coronavirus-fatality-rates-vary-wildly-depending-on-age-gender-and-medical-history-some-patients-fare-much-worse-than-others-2020-02-26 Will coronavirus kill you? Why fatality rates for COVID-19 vary wildly depending on age, gender, medical history and country - MarketWatch]</ref>

On March 5, 2020, the [[World Health Organization|WHO]] released the case fatality rate.<ref>[https://www.vox.com/2020/3/5/21165973/coronavirus-death-rate-explained Coronavirus death rate: The latest estimate, explained - Vox]</ref>

==Race and racism==

COVID-19 did not affect everyone in each country the same way.<ref name="SciR">{{cite news|access-date=April 16, 2020|title=Why African-Americans may be especially vulnerable to COVID-19|url=https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-why-african-americans-vulnerable-covid-19-health-race|publisher=Science News|date=April 9, 2020|author=Sujata Gupta}}</ref> As of May 2020, APM Research Lab said the death rate among black Americans was 2.4 times as high as for white Americans and 2.2 times as high as for Latino and Asian Americans.<ref name="APM">{{cite news|publisher=APM Research Labs|title=The color of coronavirus: COVID-19 deaths by race and ethnicity in the U.S.|url=https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race|date=May 20, 2020|access-date=May 25, 2020}}</ref> In July 2020, ''The New York Times'' printed data from the Centers for Disease Control showing that black and Latino Americans were three times as likely to become sick and twice as likely to die as white Americans. This was not only in large cities but also in rural areas. This was not only for old people but for people in all age groups. Native Americans were also more likely than whites to become sick and die. Asian Americans were 1.3 times as likely as whites to become sick.<ref name="NYTCDC">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/05/us/coronavirus-latinos-african-americans-cdc-data.html|publisher=New York Times|date=July 5, 2020|access-date=July 6, 2020|title=The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus|author1=Richard A. Oppel Jr.|author2=Robert Gebeloff|author3=K.K. Rebecca Lai|author4=Will Wright|author5=Mitch Smith}}</ref>

Camara Jones, an epidemiologist who once worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this was [[socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic|socioeconomic]] and not because of any natural difference in black and white people's bodies.<ref name="MJRace">{{cite news|title=Black People Are Dying From COVID-19 at Higher Rates Because Racism Is a Preexisting Condition|author=Edwin Rios|url=https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/04/black-people-are-dying-from-covid-19-at-higher-rates-because-racism-is-a-pre-existing-condition/|publisher=Mother Jones|access-date=April 16, 2020|date=April 9, 2020}}</ref>  In the United States, black citizens are more likely to work jobs where they serve the public directly and to ride on [[public transport]] rather than take their own cars to work.  This makes them more likely to be infected than people who work in private offices or from home. Sharrelle Barber, an epidemiologist and biostatistician from [[Drexel University]], also said black Americans can live in crowded neighborhoods where social distancing is harder to do and healthy food harder to find.<ref name="NYTRaceStat">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/coronavirus-race.html|title=Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States|access-date=April 16, 2020|author1=John Eligon|author2=Audra D. S. Burch|author3=Dionne Searcey|author4=Richard A. Oppel Jr.|date=April 7, 2020}}</ref> Both Barber and Jones blamed the long history of [[racism]] in the United States for these things. Three senators, [[Kamala Harris]], [[Cory Booker]] and [[Elizabeth Warren]] said the federal government should start recording the race of COVID-19 patients so scientists could study this problem.<ref name="NYTRaceStat"/>

In June, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) told the public that people using the United States' government's Medicare health program had different results depending on race. Four times as many black Medicare patients went to hospitals for COVID-19 than white Medicare patients. There were twice as many hospitalized Hispanic patients than white patients. There were three hospitalized Asian patients for every two hospitalized white patients. The head of CMS, Seema Verma, said this was mostly because of socioeconomic status.<ref name="Medicare">{{cite news|access-date=June 22, 2020|publisher=NPR|title=Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly 4 Times As Likely To End Up In Hospital|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/22/881886733/black-medicare-patients-with-covid-19-nearly-4-times-as-likely-to-end-up-in-hosp?utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR2tYj8HOc0udduj9LeFx1T3dk8Yy1KFzaQnQwzTnbQw2S1_LRY6dZI5Qu0|author=Maria Godoy|date=June 22, 2020}}</ref>

In the United Kingdom, twice as many black COVID-19 patients died as white COVID-19 patients. Other non-white people, like people from India and Bangladesh, were also more likely to die of COVID-19 than whites. Britain's Office of National Statistics said that the differences in money and education explained some of this difference but not all of it. They also said they did not know whether non-white patients caught COVID-19 more often or whether they caught more severe cases. Only female Chinese Britons were less likely to die of COVID-19 than white Britons.<ref name="NYTUKRacism">{{cite news|date=May 7, 2020|access-date=May 7, 2020|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/world/europe/coronavirus-uk-black-britons.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage|publisher=New York Times|title=Coronavirus Killing Black Britons at Twice the Rate of Whites|author= Benjamin Mueller}}</ref>

===Indigenous peoples===

Native Americans in the United States have shown more deaths from COVID-19 than the rest of the U.S.<ref name="LancetI"/> As of May, the Navajo Nation had 88 deaths and 2,757 cases, and the money they had been promised by the government arrived several weeks late. Only 30% of the people in the Navajo Nation have pipes with running water, which made it difficult for people to wash their hands.<ref name="JNav">{{cite news|publisher=Jezebel|url=https://jezebel.com/navajo-nation-has-among-the-highest-rates-of-covid-19-i-1843375956?utm_campaign=Jezebel&utm_content=1589900434&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3G9axWdR_P3JlmBCjTMf8MmxDvJFq1DWUz2T514L6PGoCzvPjVi1QlqW4|title=Navajo Nation Has Among the Highest Rates of Covid-19 Infections and the Fewest Resources|author=Garrett Schlichte|access-date=May 19, 2020|date=May 10, 2020}}</ref>

Scientists from [[Chapman University]] made a plan to protect the Tsimane people in [[Bolivia]] from COVID-19 and said this plan would also work for other indigenous peoples living on their own land. The scientists said that many indigenous peoples have problems that make COVID-19 more dangerous for them, like poverty, less clean water, and other lung diseases. Hospitals may be a long distance away, and racism can affect the way doctors and nurses react. But they also sometimes have things that help, like traditions of making decisions together and the ability to grow food nearby.<ref name="LancetI"/> The scientists found people who spoke the Tsimane language as a first language and made teams to go to Tsimane towns to warn them about COVID-19. They also used radio stations. They said the best plan was for whole communities to decide to isolate. They found this worked well because the Tsimane already usually made their big decisions together as a community in special meetings and already had a tradition of quarantining new mothers. The Chapman scientists said their plan would also work for other indigenous peoples who also make decisions together, like the Tsimane.
<ref name="Indigenous">{{cite press release|publisher=Eurekalert|Voluntary collective isolation is best response to COVID-19 for indigenous populations |date=May 15, 2020|access-date=May 16, 2020|url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/cu-vci051520.php|author=Chapman University}}</ref><ref name="LancetI">{{cite journal|publisher=Lancet|access-date=May 16, 2020|title=Voluntary collective isolation as a best response to COVID-19 for indigenous populations? A case study and protocol from the Bolivian Amazon|url=https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(20)31104-1.pdf|author1=Hillard S. Kaplan|author2=Benjamin C. Trumble|author3=Jonathan Stieglitz|author4=Roberta Mendez Mamany|author5=Maguin Gutierrez Cayuba|author6=Leonardina Maito Moye|author7=Sarah Alami|author8=Thomas Kraft|author9=Raul Quispe Gutierrez|author10=Juan Copajira Adrian|author11=Randall C. Thompson|author12=Gregory S. Thomas|author13=David E. Michalik|author14=Daniel Eid Rodriguez|author15=Michael D. Gurven|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31104-1|date=May 15, 2020}}</ref> The Waswanipi [[Cree]] in Canada, the Mapoon people in Australia, and many groups in South America already tried plans like these on their own.<ref name="LancetI"/><ref name="NYTInterP">{{cite news|access-date=June 1, 2020|date=June 1, 2020|publisher=New York Times|title=Global Anger Grows Over George Floyd’s Death in Minneapolis|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/world/asia/george-floyd-protest-global.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage|author=Javier C. Hernández| author2=Benjamin Mueller}}</ref>

===George Floyd protests===
{{further|George Floyd protests}}
In May 2020, police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota [[Killing of George Floyd|killed an unarmed black man called George Floyd]] while they were arresting him. There were [[George Floyd protests|weeks of protests]] all over the world against police brutality and racism. Experts said they were worried protesters and police could spread SARS-CoV-2 to each other. Other experts said some of the reasons that the protests were so big was because non-white people were being killed by COVID-19 more than white people were, because poor leadership in the COVID-19 crisis reminded them of poor leadership about racism, and because the lockdowns shut down workplaces and other things. This meant people had more time to protest.<ref name="NYTInterP" />
<ref name="TimeGFloyd">{{cite news|publisher=Time|date=June 8, 2020|access-date=June 9, 2020|url=https://time.com/5849991/protests-covid-19-essential-work/|title=Protesting Police Brutality and Racial Oppression Is Essential Work|author=Brooke Cunningham}}</ref><ref name="USAFloydCOVID">{{cite news|publisher=USA Today|title=Why George Floyd's death, COVID-19 inequality sparked protests: 'We're witnessing history'|author1=David Robinson|author2=David McKay Wilson|author3=Nancy Cutler|author4=Ashley Biviano|author5=Matt Steecker|date=June 6, 2020|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/06/george-floyd-death-covid-19-racial-inequality-sparked-protests/3156595001/|access-date=June 9, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Daily">{{cite AV media|url=http://www.cc.com/episodes/f8xwyu/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-june-8--2020---miski-noor---anquan-boldin-season-25-ep-25112|date=June 8, 2020|access-date=June 8, 2020|title=The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: June 8, 2020 - Miski Noor & Anquan Boldin|publisher=Comedy Central}}</ref>

===African Americans===
[[African Americans]] are more likely to catch the virus compared to their white counterparts in the [[United States]],<ref>[https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/08/us-blacks-3-times-more-likely-whites-get-covid-19 US blacks 3 times more likely than whites to get COVID-19]</ref> and are also more likely to die from it.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-race-idUSKBN21O2B6 African Americans more likely to die from coronavirus illness, early data shows]</ref><ref>https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/05/health/coronavirus-african-americans-study/index.html</ref> 50,000 African Americans died of COVID-19 in 2020.<ref> https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/12/pandemic-black-death-toll-racism/617460/</ref> African Americans are the least likely to get [[COVID-19 vaccine|vaccinated]] against the disease.<ref>[https://khn.org/news/article/black-americans-are-getting-vaccinated-at-lower-rates-than-white-americans/ Black Americans Are Getting Vaccinated at Lower Rates Than White Americans]</ref>

===Romani people===
[[Romani people]] (Gypsies) in Europe were hard-hit by COVID-19.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/11/europes-marginalised-roma-people-hit-hard-by-coronavirus Europe's marginalised Roma people hit hard by coronavirus]</ref>

===Hispanics===
Latinos have been at a higher risk of hospitalization or death from COVID-19 in the United States.<ref>[https://www.pewresearch.org/race-ethnicity/2021/07/15/for-u-s-latinos-covid-19-has-taken-a-personal-and-financial-toll/ For U.S. Latinos, COVID-19 Has Taken a Personal and Financial Toll]</ref>

==Conspiracy theories==
{{main|Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic}}
In early 2020, some people began to think that the SARS-CoV-2 may have been made on purpose in a laboratory and either released by accident or on purpose like a weapon. Some Iranians thought the Americans might have made it.<ref name="Iran">{{cite news
|url    =https://apnews.com/2cffa4c49cbf085562a71cd36a4e4378
|title  = Iran leader refuses US help, citing virus conspiracy theory
|author = Jon Gambrell
|agency = Associated Press}}</ref> Chinese state media said COVID-19 came from the United States to China and not the other way around.<ref name="20200312theguardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/conspiracy-theory-that-coronavirus-originated-in-us-gaining-traction-in-china |title='American coronavirus': China pushes propaganda casting doubt on virus origin |first=Lily |last=Kuo |date=March 13, 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London}}</ref> Some Americans thought the Chinese might have made it.<ref name="NYTPomp">{{cite news|publisher=New York Times|date=May 3, 2020|access-date=May 3, 2020|author=David E. Sanger|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/us/politics/coronavirus-pompeo-wuhan-china-lab.html?|title=Pompeo Ties Coronavirus to China Lab, Despite Spy Agencies’ Uncertainty}}</ref> Some Britons thought it might have been created by accident by [[5G]] cell phone networks.<ref name="GuardCon">{{cite news|publisher=The Guardian|access-date=April 17, 2020|title=A third of Americans believe Covid-19 laboratory conspiracy theory – study|author=Poppy Noor|date=April 13, 2020|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/13/coronavirus-conspiracy-theory-laboratory-report}}</ref>

On March 17, 2020, scientists from [[Columbia University]] and other places published a paper in ''Nature Medicine'' showing that SARS-CoV-2 was almost surely not made by humans in a laboratory. They did this by comparing the genomes of different viruses to each other.<ref name="SciTech">{{cite web|url    = https://scitechdaily.com/unlocking-the-genetic-code-of-the-novel-coronavirus-how-covid-19-made-the-leap-from-animals-to-humans/
|title  = Unlocking the Genetic Code of the Novel Coronavirus: How COVID-19 Made the Leap From Animals to Humans
|author = University of Sydney
|publisher    = SciTech Daily
|date   = March 26, 2020|access-date= March 29, 2020}}</ref> The scientists saw that SARS-CoV-2 did not match any of the viral backbones that already exist for virologists to use.<ref name="NatureMed">{{cite journal|title=The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9|author1=Kristian G. Anderson|author2=Andrew Rambaut|author3=W. Ian Lipkin|author4=Edward C. Holmes|author5=Robert F. Garry|date=March 17, 2020|publisher=Nature Medicine|doi=10.1038/s41591-020-0820-9|access-date= March 29, 2020}}</ref> Within a few weeks, it became one of the most cited scientific papers in history, meaning that other scientists were reading and using it.

==Graphs==
<gallery heights="220" mode="packed">
File:Illustration of SARS-COV-2 Case Fatality Rate 200228 01-1.png|alt=3D Medical Animation Still Shot graph showing Case Fatality rates by age group from SARS-COV-2 in China.|Case fatality rates by age group in China. Data through 11 February 2020.<ref>[http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/e53946e2-c6c4-41e9-9a9b-fea8db1a8f51 The Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Emergency Response Epidemiology Team. The Epidemiological Characteristics of an Outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Diseases (COVID-19) – China, 2020]. China CDC Weekly, 2020, 2(8): 113–122.</ref>
File:Epidemic curve of daily new COVID-19 cases by continent.svg|Epidemic curve of daily new cases of COVID-19 (7 day rolling average) by continent
File:Covid-19 new cases in top 5 countries and the world.png|Semi-log plot of weekly new cases of COVID-19 in the world and top five current countries (mean with deaths)
File:Covid-19 total cases per 100 000 population from selected countries.png|COVID-19 total cases per 100,000 population from selected countries<ref name="European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control" />
File:COVID-19 Active Cases per 100 000 population.png|COVID-19 active cases per 100,000 population from selected countries<ref name="European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control">{{Cite web|title=European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control|url=https://opendata.ecdc.europa.eu/covid19/casedistribution/csv/}}</ref>
File:COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 population.png|COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 population from selected countries<ref name="European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control" />
</gallery>

== Timelines of COVID-19   ==
[[File:COVID-19 Outbreak lockdowns.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|Map of national and subnational lockdowns as of 29 November 2020 ([[Template:2020 coronavirus quarantines outside Hubei|table]]; [[National responses to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic#In other countries|more details]])
{{legend|#003380|Current national lockdown}}{{legend|#80b3ff|Current subnational lockdown}}{{legend|#309940|Former national lockdown}}{{legend|#66e080|Former subnational lockdown}}{{legend|#c0c0c0|No lockdown or no data}}]]
On December 31, 2019, China alerted [[WHO]] to several cases of unusual [[pneumonia]] in [[Wuhan]], [[Hubei]] province. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/timeline-china-coronavirus-spread-200126061554884.html?utm_source=website&utm_medium=article_page&utm_campaign=read_more_links |title=Timeline: How the new coronavirus spread {{!}} Coronavirus pandemic News {{!}} Al Jazeera |access-date=2020-03-08 |archive-date=2020-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308091731/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/timeline-china-coronavirus-spread-200126061554884.html?utm_source=website&utm_medium=article_page&utm_campaign=read_more_links |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On January 20, 2020, Chinese premier [[Li Keqiang]] called for efforts to stop and control the pneumonia epidemic caused by a novel coronavirus.<ref name="Premier urged">{{cite web|url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202001/21/WS5e26556ca31012821727269c.html|title=Chinese premier stresses curbing viral pneumonia epidemic|location=[[Beijing]]|website=[[China Daily]]|publisher=[[Xinhua News Agency]]|date=21 January 2020|access-date=22 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122124640/https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202001/21/WS5e26556ca31012821727269c.html|archive-date=22 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> As of February 5, 2020, 24,588 cases have been confirmed,<ref name="bno1">{{cite web |url=https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/01/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/ |title=Tracking coronavirus: Map, data and timeline |date=10 February 2020 |website=[[BNO News]] |access-date=10 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128010639/https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/01/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/ |archive-date=28 January 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ncov.dxy.cn/ncovh5/view/pneumonia|title=全国新型肺炎疫情实时动态 – 丁香园·丁香医生|website=ncov.dxy.cn|access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref> including in every [[Provinces of China|province-level division of China]].<ref name="bno1" /> A larger number of people may have been infected, but not detected (especially mild cases).<ref name="Imai21Jan2020">{{cite web |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/2019-nCoV-outbreak-report-22-01-2020.pdf |title=Estimating the potential total number of novel Coronavirus cases in Wuhan City, China (Report 2 |last=Imai |first=Natsuko |last2=Dorigatti |first2=Ilaria |date=21 January 2020 |website=Imperial College London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124060030/https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/2019-nCoV-outbreak-report-22-01-2020.pdf |archive-date=24 January 2020 |access-date=27 January 2020 |last3=Cori |first3=Anne |last4=Donnelly |first4=Christl |last5=Riley |first5=Steven |last6=Ferguson |first6=Neil M}}</ref><ref name="hkumed">{{cite web |url=https://sph.hku.hk/en/news/press-releases/2020/nowcasting-and-forecasting-the-wuhan-2019-ncov-outbreak |title=HKUMed WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control releases real-time nowcast on the likely extent of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, domestic and international spread with the forecast for chunyun |website=HKUMed School of Public Health |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125050442/https://sph.hku.hk/en/news/press-releases/2020/nowcasting-and-forecasting-the-wuhan-2019-ncov-outbreak |archive-date=25 January 2020 |access-date=23 January 2020 }}</ref> The first local transmission of the virus outside China occurred in Vietnam between family members,<ref name="scmp3048017">{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3048017/china-coronavirus-vietnam-flags-likely-human-transmission-case |title=China coronavirus: 'family cluster' in Vietnam fuels concerns over human transmission |date=29 January 2020 |website=South China Morning Post |access-date=29 January 2020}}</ref> while the first local transmission not involving family occurred in Germany, on January 22, when a German man contracted the disease from a Chinese business visitor at a meeting.<ref name="dw52169007">{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-confirms-human-transmission-of-coronavirus/a-52169007 |title=Germany confirms human transmission of coronavirus |date=28 January 2020 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128220039/https://www.dw.com/en/germany-confirms-human-transmission-of-coronavirus/a-52169007 |archive-date=28 January 2020 |access-date=29 January 2020}}</ref> {{as of|2020|02|05|df=}}, 493 deaths have been attributed to the virus since the first confirmed death on January 9, with 990 recoveries.<ref name="QinNYT11Jan20202">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/world/asia/china-virus-wuhan-death.html |title=China Reports First Death From New Virus |last=Qin |first=Amy |date=10 January 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=11 January 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111020017/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/world/asia/china-virus-wuhan-death.html |archive-date=11 January 2020 |last2=Hernández |first2=Javier C. |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="bno1" /> The first death outside China was reported in the Philippines, in a 44-year-old Chinese male on February 1.<ref name="NYT2020PhilDeath">{{cite news |last=Ramzy |first=Austin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/02/world/asia/philippines-coronavirus-china.html |title=Philippines Reports First Coronavirus Death Outside China |date=2 February 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=4 February 2020 |last2=May |first2=Tiffany |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203204845/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/02/world/asia/philippines-coronavirus-china.html |archive-date=3 February 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> but another source reported:
"The first cases of COVID-19 outside of China were identified on January 13 in Thailand and on January 16 in Japan".<ref>coronavirus#citationMax Roser and Hannah Ritchie (2020) - "Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)". Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: 'https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus'{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [Online Resource]</ref>

There has been testing which have showed over 6000 confirmed cases in China,<ref name=":3">{{cite report | vauthors=((World Health Organization))  |url=https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/330778/nCoVsitrep02Feb2020-eng.pdf | year=2020 | title=Novel Coronavirus (&lrm;2019-nCoV)&lrm;: situation report, 13 | publisher=[[World Health Organization]] | hdl=10665/330778 | hdl-access=free}}</ref> some of whom are healthcare workers.<ref name="Schnirring22Jan2020">[http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/01/who-decision-ncov-emergency-delayed-cases-spike Lisa Schnirring: WHO decision on nCoV emergency delayed as cases spike] {{Webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200124063004/http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/01/who-decision-ncov-emergency-delayed-cases-spike |date=24 January 2020 23 January 2020 ''CIDRAP News''. Retrieved 23 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="Field22Jan2020">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/nine-dead-as-chinese-coronavirus-spreads-despite-efforts-to-contain-it/2020/01/22/1eaade72-3c6d-11ea-afe2-090eb37b60b1_story.html|title=Nine dead as Chinese coronavirus spreads, despite efforts to contain it|last=Field|first=Field|date=22 January 2020|work=The Washington Post|access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref>

Confirmed cases have also been reported in [[Thailand]], [[South Korea]], [[Japan]], [[Taiwan]], [[Macau]], [[Hong Kong]], the [[United States]] ([[Everett, Washington]] and [[Chicago]]),<ref name=Field22Jan2020/> [[Singapore]],<ref name="ST23Jan">{{cite web |last1=Goh |first1=Timothy |last2=Toh |first2=Ting Wei |title=Singapore confirms first case of Wuhan virus; second case likely |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/singapore-confirms-first-case-of-wuhan-virus |website=The Straits Times |access-date=23 January 2020 |date=23 January 2020}}</ref> [[Vietnam]],<ref>[https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-confirms-first-acute-pneumonia-cases-from-wuhan-virus-4046310.html Vietnam confirms first acute pneumonia cases in Saigon - VnExpress International]</ref> [[France]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-france-china-wuhan-virus-symptoms-outbreak-latest-a9301106.html|title=France confirms two cases of deadly coronavirus|date=2020-01-24|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> and [[Nepal]].<ref name="Nepal24Jan2020">{{cite news|url= https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/first-case-of-coronavirus-in-nepal-after-student-who-returned-from-wuhan-tests-postive20200124184400/|title= First case of coronavirus in Nepal after student who returned from Wuhan tests positive| date= 24 January 2020}}</ref>

The World Health Organization declared that this is a [[Public Health Emergency of International Concern]] since January 30, 2020.

[[Bloomberg News]] and other business publications have reported several [[plant closure]]s, [[travel restriction]]s, and imposed [[quarantine]]s as a result of this outbreak.<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-05/death-toll-tops-560-testing-lab-opens-in-wuhan-virus-update Bloomberg - Are you a robot?]</ref>

As of February 10, 2020 there have been 40,235 confirmed cases reported of people infected by the virus in China. Also reported were 909 deaths, and 319 cases in 24 other countries, including one death, according to [[WHO]] chief [[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus]].<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/world/coronavirus-cases-outside-china-could-spark-a-bigger-fire-who Coronavirus cases outside China could spark a ‘bigger fire’: WHO &#124; National Post]</ref>

On November 14, 2020, there were 53,853,718 global COVID-19 cases and 1,311,524 deaths with cases in 217 countries and territories.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coronavirus Update (Live): 53,854,371 Cases and 1,311,534 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer|url=https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/|access-date=2020-11-14|website=www.worldometers.info|language=en}}</ref>

=== China ===
* The first cases of COVID-19 were detected in [[Wuhan]], [[Hubei]], [[Mainland China]] in December of 2019.<ref name="BBCJ">{{cite news|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51148303|author=James Gallagher|title=New virus in China 'will have infected hundreds'|date=January 18, 2020|access-date=April 13, 2020}}</ref>
* On Feb. 4, 2020, the [[Seattle Times]] reported that Around 2020 [[Chinese new year]] authorities closed down travel from China to [[Macau]]. As a result visits fell eighty percent.<ref>[https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/coronavirus-shuts-macao-the-worlds-gambling-capital/ Coronavirus shuts Macao, the world’s gambling capital &#124; The Seattle Times]</ref>
* Feb 6, 2020, the COVID-19 whistleblower, [[Li Wenliang]], dies of the disease.
* On February 6, 2020, according to Chinese authorities, a man from the United States who tested positive for the virus died.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/08/coronavirus-kills-american-citizen-in-china-say-officials|publisher=Guardian|date=January 8, 2020|access-date=April 13, 2020|title=Coronavirus: two deaths in Wuhan thought to be first of foreign nationals}}</ref>
* On February 25, 2020 the [[Asian Scientist Magazine]] reported ''Chinese Scientists Sequence Genome Of COVID-19'' <ref>[https://www.asianscientist.com/2020/02/topnews/china-coronavirus-covid-19-study/ Chinese Scientists Sequence Genome Of COVID-19 &#124; Asian Scientist Magazine &#124; Science, technology and medical news updates from Asia]</ref>
* According to the [[European Centre for Disease Prevention]], China had the largest number of confirmed cases and deaths on March 1, 2020.<ref>refname=ecdc</ref>
* On March 3, 2020 [[Science (journal)]] reported:
** China built two new hospitals in one week just for patients of COVID-19
** The article praised the way China has handled this crisis, but said "draconian" measures were used to achieve success.<ref name="sciencemag">[https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/china-s-aggressive-measures-have-slowed-coronavirus-they-may-not-work-other-countries China’s aggressive measures have slowed the coronavirus. They may not work in other countries &#124; Science &#124; AAAS]</ref>
* On March 6, 2020, [[CNN]] reported that a hotel used as a COVID-19 [[quarantine]] center collapsed. Seventy people were trapped in a collapsed [[Quanzhou]] hotel.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/07/china/china-coronavirus-hotel-collapse/index.html Quarantine hotel collapses in China, leaving 10 dead - CNN]</ref>
* The Chinese economy was greatly affected by the virus, and many factories shut down during the spike of cases in China during the early months of the pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mistreanu|first=Simina|title=China’s Factories Are Reeling From Forced Coronavirus Closures|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/siminamistreanu/2020/02/23/chinas-factories-are-reeling-from-forced-coronavirus-closures/|access-date=2020-10-29|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>
*As of October 30, 2020, the number of cases of the virus in China were generally going down, with only 771 new cases being reported in the month of October.<ref>{{Cite web|title=China - COVID-19 Overview - Johns Hopkins|url=https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/china|access-date=2020-10-30|website=Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center|language=en}}</ref>

=== United States ===
* The first case of COVID-19 in the [[United States]] was detected in a man from the state of [[Washington (state)|Washington]] on January 21, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=News|first=A. B. C.|title=1st confirmed case of new coronavirus reported in US: CDC|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/1st-confirmed-case-coronavirus-reported-washington-state-cdc/story?id=68430795|access-date=2020-10-29|website=ABC News|language=en}}</ref>
* On February 27, 2020, US President [[Donald Trump]] appointed Vice President [[Mike Pence]] to lead the US response to COVID-19.<ref>[https://www.healio.com/infectious-disease/emerging-diseases/news/online/%7Be4659648-0adb-4028-a79e-6157cb729345%7D/trump-appoints-pence-to-lead-us-response-to-covid-19 Trump appoints Pence to lead US response to COVID-19]</ref>
* On February 29, 2020, the first death in the US was reported from the state of Washington.<ref>[https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/925932 US Reports First Death From COVID-19]</ref>
* On March 3, 2020 [[CBS]] reported 15 states with confirmed cases.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/coronavirus-outbreak-death-toll-us-infections-latest-news-updates-2020-03-02/ Coronavirus updates: COVID-19 kills 6 people in Washington state]</ref>
* Movements such as [[elbow bumps]] began replacing [[handshake]]s , as handshakes spread the virus and bacteria more.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Davies|first=Caroline|date=2020-03-03|title=Elbow-bumps and footshakes: the new coronavirus etiquette|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/03/elbow-bumps-and-footshakes-the-new-coronavirus-etiquette|access-date=2020-10-29|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* On March 6, 2020, the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] announced that one million test kits would be distributed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trying to make up for lost time, the CDC will distribute 1.1M COVID-19 tests by this weekend|url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2020/03/06/trying-to-make-up-for-lost-time-the-cdc-will-distribute-1-1-million-covid-19-tests-this-weekend/|access-date=2020-10-29|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-says-will-fail-1m-goal-coronavirus-test-kits-2020-3 White House says it will fail to hit 1M goal for coronavirus test kits - Business Insider]</ref>
* On March 9, 2020, the US [[stock market]] was approaching [[Stock mrket crash|bear territory.]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=A devastating day leaves the Dow only 210 points from bear market territory|url=https://fortune.com/2020/03/09/coronavirus-stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-worst-day-drop-in-years/|access-date=2020-10-29|website=Fortune|language=en}}</ref>
* On March 9, 2020, there were also scattered reports that some were quarantined while their household members were not.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Newman|first=Andy|date=2020-03-09|title=Confusion Over Coronavirus Quarantines Feeds Anxiety|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/nyregion/coronavirus-ny-quarantines.html|access-date=2020-10-29|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* On March 10, 2020, the United States [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services|Secretary of Health and Human Services]], [[Alex Azar]], said that it is was not known how many Americans tested positive for the virus. This was because many of the test kits went out to private companies.<ref>{{Cite web|last=CNN|first=Chandelis Duster and Jacqueline Howard|title=Health and Human Services chief says 'we don't know' how many Americans have been tested for coronavirus|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/10/politics/alex-azar-americans-tested-for-coronavirus-cnntv/index.html|access-date=2020-10-29|website=CNN}}</ref>
* On March 10, 2020, the [[governor of New York]], [[Andrew Cuomo]], announced that the city of [[New Rochelle]] was the largest [[cluster]] of COVID-19 cases in the state. Among other things done to contain the virus in New Rochelle, the [[United States National Guard|National Guard]] was sent to the city to hand out food and disinfect buildings.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nir|first=Sarah Maslin|last2=McKinley|first2=Jesse|date=2020-03-19|title=‘Containment Area’ Is Ordered for New Rochelle Coronavirus Cluster|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/nyregion/coronavirus-new-rochelle-containment-area.html|access-date=2020-10-29|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*On March 26, the United States surpass Italy and China's cases, becoming the epicenter for a while.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wang|first=Yanan|date=2020-03-27|title=U.S. COVID-19 caseload surges to most in the world|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/u-s-covid-19-caseload-surges-to-most-in-the-world-1.4870638|access-date=2021-01-09|website=Coronavirus|language=en}}</ref> 
*On April 3, 2020, the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] first recommended the use of [[Cloth facemask|cloth face coverings]] by the general public to reduce the spread of the virus in places such as grocery stores and pharmacies.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-03|title=Recommendation Regarding the Use of Cloth Face Coverings {{!}} CDC|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403221424/https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cloth-face-cover.html|access-date=2020-10-29|website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
*On April 11, the U.S became the most death in the world. <ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. Has Most Coronavirus Deaths In The World|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/12/832722919/u-s-has-most-coronavirus-deaths-in-the-world|access-date=2021-01-09|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref>
*On July 22, 2020, the United States surpassed 1,000 daily COVID-19 deaths for a second time.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Aratani|first=Lauren|last2=agencies|date=2020-07-22|title=US daily coronavirus deaths surpass 1,000 for first time since June|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/22/us-coronavirus-death-toll-covid-daily-average|access-date=2020-10-29|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*On September 22, 2020, the United States reached 200,000 deaths from the virus.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-22|title='Unfathomable': US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000|url=https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-huntsville-alabama-us-news-public-health-a05360a9df7e19f9bee83f520deada1c|access-date=2020-10-29|website=AP NEWS}}</ref>
* Between September to October, there was a COVID-19 [[White House COVID-19 outbreak|outbreak]] at the [[White House]], causing many officials to be diagnosed with the infection, including President [[Donald Trump]] and First Lady [[Melania Trump]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Buchanan|first=Larry|last2=Gamio|first2=Lazaro|last3=Leatherby|first3=Lauren|last4=Keefe|first4=John|last5=Koettl|first5=Christoph|last6=Walker|first6=Amy Schoenfeld|date=2020-10-08|title=Tracking the White House Coronavirus Outbreak|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/02/us/politics/trump-contact-tracing-covid.html|access-date=2020-10-29|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* In December 2020, [[California]] surpassed over 30,000 new cases in a day.<ref>https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-09/california-coronavirus-deaths-cases-hospitalizations-surge</ref>
* On December 11, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration said doctors could give people the Pfizer vaccine.<ref name=World /><ref name=Ambitious />
* On December 14, 2020, the State of New York gave people the first vaccines, starting with health care workers.<ref name=World /><ref name=Ambitious />
* On December 26, 2020, California had a record breaking 65,055 new cases in a day after Christmas.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/california-coronavirus-cases{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* California became the first state to surpass 2 million cases in December 2020.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/california-becomes-first-state-surpass-160422900.html</ref>

==== Economic effects of COVID-19 in the United States ====
* On March 6, [[President Trump]] signed a $8.3 billion emergency spending package to fight the COVID outbreak.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/06/donald-trump-jay-inslee-coronavirus-123114 Trump calls Inslee a &#39;snake&#39; over criticism of coronavirus rhetoric - POLITICO]</ref><ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/live-blog/coronavirus-updates-live-14-dead-across-u-s-trump-signs-n1151451</ref>
* On March 5, 2020, it was announced that [[medical cost]]s for [[Washington state]] residents asking to be tested would be waived until May.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kreidler orders Washington health insurers to waive deductibles, coinsurance and copays for coronavirus testing {{!}} Washington state Office of the Insurance Commissioner|url=https://www.insurance.wa.gov/news/kreidler-orders-washington-health-insurers-waive-deductibles-coinsurance-and-copays|access-date=2020-10-29|website=www.insurance.wa.gov|language=en}}</ref> (People have to pay for their own [[health care]] in the United States. See: [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]]).
* On March 9, 2020, [[President Trump]] proposed, among other measures, a [[payroll]] [[tax cut]] to help the [[US economy]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trump proposes payroll tax cut, other measures to offset coronavirus economic damage|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-proposes-payroll-tax-cut-other-measures-offset-coronavirus-economic-n1153691|access-date=2020-10-29|website=NBC News|language=en}}</ref>

=== Italy ===
* On February 27, 2020, according to the [[EU Observer]], a dozen towns in the northern regions of [[Lombardy]] and [[Veneto]] were under [[lockdown]], with around 50,000 citizens not allowed to leave, and over 200 reported cases of COVID n Italy.<ref>[https://euobserver.com/social/147543 No risk yet to Schengen from Italy&#039;s coronavirus outbreak]</ref>
* On March 4, 2020, according to the [[Guardian]] , the Italian government has ordered the closing of all of Italy's schools and universities until 15 March, 2020<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/04/italy-orders-closure-of-schools-and-universities-due-to-coronavirus Italy orders closure of all schools and universities due to coronavirus &#124; World news &#124; The Guardian]</ref>
* On March 5, 2020 the [[Guardian]] reported: "Italian educational institutions close as Covid-19 deaths pass 100"<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/04/coronavirus-live-updates-who-global-recession-fears-update-latest-news Italian educational institutions close as Covid-19 deaths pass 100 – as it happened &#124; World news &#124; The Guardian]</ref>
* On March 8, 2020, [[Al Jazeera]] reported that after a daily infection rate of 1,247 cases, Lombardy together with ten other areas were sealed off to try to quarantine 16 million people.<ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/italy-poised-seal-north-coronavirus-live-updates-200307234942500.html 366 coronavirus deaths in Italy, Saudi schools shut: Live updates &#124; Coronavirus pandemic News &#124; Al Jazeera]</ref> The cities of [[Milan]] and [[Venice]] were in the quarantined area. <ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51787238 Coronavirus: Northern Italy quarantines 16 million people - BBC News]</ref>
* On March 10, 2020, it was reported that Italy was under [[quarantine]].<ref>[https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/load-of-malarkey-manitobans-trapped-in-italy-lockdown-not-worried-about-covid-19-outbreak-1.4847179 Manitobans trapped in Italy lockdown not worried about COVID-19 outbreak &#124; CTV News]</ref><ref>[https://www.vox.com/2020/3/10/21171217/coronavirus-covid-19-italy-hospitals Italy’s coronavirus crisis is possible in the US - Vox]</ref>
*On October 5, 2020, Italy imposed a new lockdown and set of restrictions after previously relaxing them. This was due to a second wave of cases that was even worse than the one in spring.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mellen|first=Ruby|title=Italy imposes harshest coronavirus restrictions since spring lockdown as second wave sweeps Europe|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/coronavirus-europe-italy-second-wave-lockdown/2020/10/25/6c011306-16df-11eb-82db-60b15c874105_story.html|access-date=2020-10-30|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

=== Iran ===
* On 28 February 2020, the [[BBC]] reported COVID-19 deaths in Iran were at least 210.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51673053 Coronavirus: Iran's deaths at least 210, hospital sources say - BBC News]</ref>
* March 3, 2020 multiple Iranian government officials including deputy health minister [[Iraj Harirchi]] and vice president of women and family affairs [[Masoumeh Ebtekar]], who served as a spokesperson during the [[Iran hostage crisis]], had contracted COVID-19.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Tehran Times|access-date=April 14, 2020|title=Expediency Council member Mohammad Mirmohammadi dies |date=March 2, 2020|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/445735/Expediency-Council-member-Mohammad-Mirmohammadi-dies}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=Associated Press|url=https://apnews.com/2ab5535d09074fd0e1c70fc78fef2fad|access-date=April 14, 2020|date=March 2, 2020|title=Virus ravaging Iran kills confidant of its supreme leader|author1=Nasser Karimi|author2= Jon Gambrell}}</ref>

=== Canada ===
* The first case of COVID-19 in Canada was detected in a man from [[Toronto]] on January 25, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coronavirus: Here’s a timeline of COVID-19 cases in Canada|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6627505/coronavirus-covid-canada-timeline/|access-date=2020-11-14|website=Global News|language=en-US}}</ref>
*On March 12, 2020, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, the wife of Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]], tested positive for coronavirus. The Prime Minister and his wife isolated for 14 days.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sophie Grégoire Trudeau tests positive for coronavirus {{!}} CBC News|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid19-premiers-coronavirus-1.5495001|access-date=2020-11-14}}</ref>
*On April 6, 2020, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Theresa Tam, said that people should use simple cloth facemasks to help slow the spread of the virus.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Theresa Tam offers new advice: Wear a non-medical face mask when shopping or using public transit|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-tam-offers-new-advice-wear-a-non-medical-mask-when-shopping-or-using/|access-date=2020-11-14}}</ref>
*On May 1, 2020, Canada surpassed 200 daily coronavirus deaths.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Canada Coronavirus: 287,318 Cases and 10,828 Deaths - Worldometer|url=https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/canada/|access-date=2020-11-14|website=www.worldometers.info|language=en}}</ref>
*On November 12, 2020, Canada surpassed 5,000 daily COVID-19 cases.<ref name=":1" />
*On December 26, 2020, Canada confirmed first two cases of mutant coronavirus strain from England.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.the-sun.com/news/2034222/canada-two-cases-coronavirus-strain-superspreader/|title=SPREAD DREAD Canada confirms first two cases of mutant Covid strain from UK in couple with ‘no known travel history or exposure’|date=December 26, 2020|author=Kassidy Vavra|publisher=The Sun, U.S.|access-date=January 16, 2021}}</ref>

=== South Africa ===
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*The new coronavirus strain, called the 501.V2 Variant, was first discovered in South African province Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape. It spreads more rapidly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wionews.com/world/new-covid-19-mutant-found-in-south-africa-spreads-more-swiftly-351972|title=New Covid-19 mutant found in South Africa spreads more swiftly|date=December 24, 2020|website=WION}}</ref>

===Australia===
* First case reported on 25 January 2020.<ref name="Case1">{{cite web|url=https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/the-hon-greg-hunt-mp/media/first-confirmed-case-of-novel-coronavirus-in-australia|title=First confirmed case of novel coronavirus in Australia|date=25 January 2020|website=Australian Government Department of Health|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215171557/https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/the-hon-greg-hunt-mp/media/first-confirmed-case-of-novel-coronavirus-in-australia|archive-date=15 February 2020|access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref>
* See [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia]]

===New Zealand===

* The first case of COVID-19 in New Zealand was detected in late February 2020 in a person in their 60s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=www.ETHealthworld.com|title=New Zealand confirms first case of coronavirus: health ministry - ET HealthWorld|url=https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/diagnostics/new-zealand-confirms-first-case-of-coronavirus-health-ministry/74377332|access-date=2020-11-14|website=ETHealthworld.com|language=en}}</ref>
* On March 24, 2020, New Zealand reported over 100 daily coronavirus cases for the first time.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=New Zealand Coronavirus: 1,998 Cases and 25 Deaths - Worldometer|url=https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/new-zealand/|access-date=2020-11-14|website=www.worldometers.info|language=en}}</ref>
* From April to November 2020, New Zealand reported between 0 to 50 daily cases.<ref name=":2" />
* Between August 25, 2021 and August 31, 2021, the whole of New Zealand had been temporarily increased to its maximum lockdown level, Level 4, due to the delta variant.<ref name="nz-covid-history-official">https://covid19.govt.nz/alert-levels-and-updates/history-of-the-covid-19-alert-system/</ref> Most of the cases during August 2021 were originated from [[New South Wales]].<ref name="stuff-nz-covidaugust2021">https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126158263/covid19-a-timeline-of-the-delta-outbreak</ref> As of September 6, 2021, all of New Zealand has dropped to Level 2, while Auckland remains at Level 4.<ref name="nz-covid-history-official" />

=== Cruise ships ===
* On the [[Diamond Princess (ship)|''Diamond Princess'' cruise ship]], out of 3,711 total passengers and crew members, 621 people, or 17% of all the people on board the ship tested positive for COVID-19. The ship ended its quarantine on February 18th.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Transmission of the novel coronavirus onboard the Diamond Princess|url=https://www.cebm.net/study/covid-19-transmission-of-the-novel-coronavirus-onboard-the-diamond-princess-cruises-ship/|access-date=2020-11-14|website=The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine|language=en}}</ref>

=== Africa ===
* In late February 2020, [[Nigeria]] had it’s first case in [[Sub-Saharan Africa]].
* In November 2020, Africa surpassed 2 million cases.<ref>https://www.africanews.com/2020/11/19/covid-19-africa-surpasses-2-million-cases/</ref>

==Food and hunger==

The pandemic made it more difficult for millions of people all over the world to get enough food. People lost their jobs, so they did not have money to buy food. Farms were shut down, so there was less food made. Processing plants and food factories were shut down, so less food was made ready for people to eat.<ref name="NYTHunger">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/world/africa/coronavirus-hunger-crisis.html|publisher=New York Times|access-date=May 12, 2020|title=‘Instead of Coronavirus, the Hunger Will Kill Us.’ A Global Food Crisis Looms.|date=April 22, 2020|author=Abdi Latif Dahir}}</ref>

In April, Arif Husain of the United Nations' [[World Food Program]] said that 130 million more people could go hungry, in addition to the 135 million who were already hungry before the pandemic began. He said that poorer countries would be more affected than rich countries because [[logistics|the way they move raw food from farms to cities and other places where people live]] is less organized and relies more on human beings than on [[automation|automatic systems]].<ref name="NYTHunger"/>

This hunger crisis is different from crises in other years because it happened to the whole world at the same time. That meant that people working in other countries could not help by sending money home.<ref name="NYTHunger"/><ref name="AJCFood"/>

All over the world, children who ate meals at school had less access to food when the schools were shut down.<ref name="NYTHunger"/>

Scientists from the [[University of Michigan]] said the pandemic was making it harder for people to find food. In a study published in May, they said one in seven Americans over age 50 said they had trouble getting enough food before the pandemic, and it got worse when senior centers that provided meals were closed.<ref name="EurekaFood">{{cite press release|publisher=Eurekalert|author=University of Michigan|url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/mm-u-eb050820.php|title=Even before COVID-19, many adults over 50 lacked stable food supply |date=May 11, 2020|access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref> Federal and state governments started programs to bring food to older people and children. There were also more food donation drives in towns.<ref name="AJCFood">{{cite news|publisher=Atlanta Journal Constitution|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/opinion/opinion-the-coronavirus-crisis-food-security-crisis-too/JqXYWeUbQDe7tW0ncPmdxN/|access-date=May 12, 2020|title=Opinion: The coronavirus crisis is a food security crisis too|author1=Sanford D. Bishop|author2=Nita M. Lowry|date=May 10, 2020}}</ref>

==Old people==

In the United States, nursing homes had some of the highest rates of infection and death, 

40% of all COVID-19 deaths in the country. Nursing homes are group homes for old people who need medical care, for disabled people who need medical care, and for people recovering from severe sickness or injury, like stroke patients.

Many people who live in nursing homes pay through the government program Medicaid, which pays less than Medicare or regular insurance companies. In June, many American nursing homes were caught throwing their regular patients out so they could make room for COVID-19 patients who could pay them more. Because nursing homes had stopped allowing visitors, it took longer for them to get caught. United States law requires nursing homes to warn patients 30 days before kicking them out, but the nursing homes did not do this.

Some of the nursing homes took the COVID-19 patients because state governments asked them to and they say they sent their elderly residents away because they were worried they would catch COVID-19 from the sick patients.<ref name="Homes">{{cite news|access-date=June 21, 2020|publisher=New York Times|title=‘They Just Dumped Him Like Trash’: Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/business/nursing-homes-evictions-discharges-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage|author1=Jessica Silver-Greenberg|author2=Amy Julia Harris|date=June 21, 2020}}</ref>

==Environment==

Because so many governments told people to stay at home, there was less [[air pollution]] than usual for that time of year. Pollution in New York fell by 50% and the use of coal in China fell by 40%.<ref name="BBCPol">{{cite news|title=Will Covid-19 have a lasting impact on the environment?|access-date=April 13, 2020|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200326-covid-19-the-impact-of-coronavirus-on-the-environment|author=Martha Henriques|date=March 27, 2020}}</ref> The European Space Agency showed pictures taken from a satellite of China's pollution disappearing during quarantine and coming back when everyone went back to work.<ref name="ForbesPol">{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2020/03/22/video-watch-from-space-as-air-pollution-vanishes-over-china-during-coronavirus-lockdown-then-returns/#66f5f95b35f0|publisher=Forbes|access-date=April 13, 2020|title=New Satellite Video Shows China Pollution Vanishing During COVID-19 Lockdown—Then Coming Back|date=March 22, 2020|author=Jeff McMahon}}</ref>

The pandemic and shutdowns made people use less electricity. In the United States, people got less of their electricity from coal power but kept using gas and renewable power like wind and solar power. This was because coal plants are more expensive to run, so power companies used them less.<ref name="NYTRenew">{{cite news|access-date=May 13, 2020|date=May 13, 2020|publisher=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/climate/coronavirus-coal-electricity-renewables.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage|title=In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S.|author=Brad Plumer}}</ref>

Pollution from before the pandemic also affected what happened after people became sick. Scientists saw that more people died from COVID-19 in places with large amounts of air pollution. One team of scientists from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg looked at air pollution information from satellites and statistics on COVID-19 deaths in Italy, France, Germany and Spain and saw that places with large amounts of nitrogen dioxide pollution had more people die from COVID-19. Nitrogen dioxide can damage the lungs.<ref name="MLU">{{cite press release|title=Corona and air pollution: How does nitrogen dioxide impact fatalities?|publisher=Eurekalert|url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/mh-caa041720.php|author=Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg|date=April 20, 2020|access-date=April 20, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Ogen">{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138605|author=Yaron Ogen|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720321215?via%3Dihub|title=Assessing nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels as a contributing factor to coronavirus (COVID-19) fatality|date=July 15, 2020|volume=726|journal=Science of The Total Environment|access-date=April 20, 2020}}</ref><!--Yes, the official publication date is three months in the future; that happens.-->

The shutdowns and social distancing also affected animals. Human beings started staying at home about the same time in the spring when [[sea turtles]] like to come on land to lay their eggs. Turtle scientists in the United States and Thailand both reported more nests than usual on seashores in Florida and Phuket. They say it is because people are not coming to the beach or bringing their dogs to the beach and because there are fewer boats in the water nearby. Scientists also say they see more [[dugong]] and [[dolphins]].<ref name="Simple">{{cite news|date=April 29, 2020|access-date=April 30, 2020|url=https://www.simplemost.com/sea-turtles-thriving-while-humans-are-stuck-inside/?partner=buffer_SM&utm_campaign=buffer_SM&utm_medium=new&utm_source=facebookSM&fbclid=IwAR0SnRspCAU2iaws2nu3AmyOPf3iyeqIoWXH70EKKscpRsSl0DpTSN2pQYo|title=Sea Turtles Are Thriving Now That Humans Are Stuck Inside|author=Tricia Goss|publisher=SimpleMost}}</ref><ref name="CBSTurtle">{{cite news|url=https://cbs12.com/news/local/experts-say-coronavirus-concerns-could-have-positive-impact-on-marine-life|publisher=CBS|date=April 14, 2020|access-date=April 30, 2020|title=Experts say coronavirus concerns could have positive impact on marine life|author=Kristen Chapman}}</ref><ref name="CNNTurtle">{{cite news|access-date=April 30, 2020|date=April 20, 2020|author1=Jack Guy|author2=Carly Walsh|title=Sea turtles thriving in Thailand after beach closures|url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/thailand-sea-turtles-coronavirus-scli-intl-scn/index.html|publisher=CNN}}</ref> With fewer cars driving down roads, salamanders, frogs, and other amphibians were able to cross them for their spring migration. According to [[citizen science|citizen scientists]] from Big Night Maine, a group that watches amphibians, four amphibians made it across the roads alive for every one amphibian killed by cars. Most years, it is only two to one.<ref name="NYTSala">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/science/salamanders-amphibians-wildlife-migration.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage|title=With the World on Pause, Salamanders Own the Road|author=Brandon Keim|publisher=New York Times|date=May 18, 2020|access-date=May 18, 2020}}</ref>

Not all ocean mammals did well. According to [[marine biology|marine biologists]] in Florida, [[manatee]] deaths in April and May were 20% higher than in 2019. They say this was because many people decided to go boating because other things to do were closed.<ref name="GuardianManatee">{{cite news|publisher=Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/29/manatees-facing-increased-threats-during-the-pandemic|title=Florida manatee deaths up 20 percent as Covid-19 threatens recovery|author=Cheryl Rodewig|date=June 29, 2020|access-date=June 29, 2020}}</ref>

==Stopping the next pandemic==

Researchers from the San Diego Zoo Global had the idea for a system that people could use to find dangerous germs before they become pandemics or even before they jump from other animals to humans. They said it was important to watch the wildlife trade, like in the Wuhan wet market. The scientists said that over the past eleven years it has gotten easier and easier to sequence viral genomes, and it does not have to be done by a large lab or by a government any more. The scientists said it would be better to spread the work out among more people.<ref name="PressSanDiego">{{cite press release|url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/sdzg-rcf070920.php|date=July 9, 2020|access-date=July 9, 2020|title=Researchers call for worldwide biosurveillance network to protect from diseases |author=San Diego Zoo Global}}</ref><ref name="Monitor">{{cite journal|author1=Mrinalini Watsa|title=Rigorous wildlife disease surveillance|url=https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6500/145|journal=Science|access-date=July 9, 2020|date=July 10, 2020|volume=369|issue=6500|pages=145-147|doi=10.1126/science.abc0017 }}</ref>

==Prevention and treatment==
Avoiding traveling and staying home will greatly reduce your risk from catching COVID-19. Staying home doesn't apply if one is sick and needs medical care. Get enough rest and stay hydrated.<ref name="What to Do If You Are Sick  | CDC">{{Cite web|last=CDC|date=2020-02-11|title=Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)|url=https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/steps-when-sick.html|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|language=en-us}}</ref> Wearing a mask and washing your hands can prevent the virus from spreading.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.health.nd.gov/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/travel-guidance|title=Travel Guidance|publisher=North Dakota Department of Health}}</ref> Masks should not be placed on children under 2 years of age, people who have trouble breathing, have a respiratory or other medical condition which renders one unable to wear a mask safely, or anyone who is unable to remove the mask without help. Covering coughs and sneezes also reduce the risk of spreading the virus, but one can infect someone else by touching things with coughed/sneezed-in hands. Making sure not to share drinking glasses, cups and particularly other objects which people will drink or eat out of is important if one assumes they are infected or tested positive in the past. Washing eating utensils and other oral eating objects is preferable and cleaning surfaces or possessions which have been repeatedly touched is also important. These include, according to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, phones, remote controls, counters, tabletops, doorknobs, bathroom fixtures, toilets, keyboards, tablets, and bedside tables. Avoiding touching your face, nose, or mouth with your hands. Avoiding public transportation, taxis or taking rides with others can stop one's exposure to the virus. <ref name="What to Do If You Are Sick  | CDC" /> Rumors spread about high doses of Vitamin C preventing COVID-19, but these as of October 14, 2020, there has been no conclusive evidence to support this idea.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Can vitamin C’s immune boosting effects ward off coronavirus?|url=https://www.webmd.com/lung/qa/can-vitamin-cs-immune-boosting-effects-ward-off-coronavirus|access-date=2020-12-04|website=WebMD|language=en}}</ref> However, there has been evidence pointing to the fact that dosing patients with Vitamin C, either through mouth or IV can reduce time on mechanical ventilators for seriously ill patients by 14%.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hemilä|first=Harri|last2=Chalker|first2=Elizabeth|date=2020-02-07|title=Vitamin C may reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients: a meta-regression analysis|url=https://doi.org/10.1186/s40560-020-0432-y|journal=Journal of Intensive Care|volume=8|issue=1|pages=15|doi=10.1186/s40560-020-0432-y|issn=2052-0492|pmc=7006137|pmid=32047636}}</ref>Drinking [[tea]] such as black tea and [[green tea]] can inhibit the virus.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7367004/</ref> Staying home for the [[holiday]]s, having a small gathering of close friends and family members who are consistently taking measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and celebrating virtually through social media can prevent being infected by the virus. Airports, bus stations, train stations, public transport, gas stations, and rest stops are all places travelers can be exposed to catching the virus.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/holidays.html</ref> Eating a healthy diet that is high in fruits and vegetables, getting rest and sleep, exercising, consuming raw honey, probiotics, garlic, mushrooms and elderberry can boost the immune system.<ref>https://www.umms.org/coronavirus/what-to-know/managing-medical-conditions/healthy-habits/boost-immune-system</ref> Playing [[video game]]s to pass time during quarantine can prevent the virus from spreading.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/04/02/who-says-video-games-could-help-fight-coronavirus-spread/</ref> Flavanols and proanthocyanidins which are chemicals found in [[dark chocolate]], [[grape]]s and green tea may block SARS-CoV-2 proteins.<ref> https://www.firstpost.com/health/flavanols-proanthocyanidins-found-in-dark-chocolate-grapes-green-tea-may-block-sars-cov-2-proteins-9069451.html</ref> Places you are most likely to catch the virus are churches, hair and nail salons, cruise ships, hospitals and the doctor’s office, restaurants and bars, theaters, sporting events, concert venues, buses, restrooms, elevators, the gym, airplanes, hotels, public swimming pools, nightclubs and the beach.<ref> https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/lifestyle/20-places-youre-most-likely-161401070.html?guccounter=1</ref> Vaccinated people still need to wear a mask.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/health/covid-vaccine-mask.html</ref> Flying in a private jet can prevent the spread of coronavirus.<ref> https://monarchairgroup.com/can-flying-by-private-jet-prevent-the-spread-of-coronavirus/</ref> Smoking [[marijuana]] and [[tobacco]] can further damage your lungs.<ref> https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/10/health/smoking-weed-coronavirus-wellness/index.html</ref> Getting vaccinated can prevent new virus strains.<ref> https://www.umms.org/coronavirus/covid-vaccine/facts/strain</ref>

== List of terminology associated with COVID-19 ==
* [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|SARS-CoV-2]] is the virus that causes COVID-19
* 2019-nCoV is the old name for ''SARS-CoV-2''
* [[Coronavirus disease 2019]] is the complete name for COVID-19
* community spread is the spread of the [[disease]] without a known [[travel]] connection
* clusters are groups of COVID-19 cases in which many people in the same area became infected with COVID-19

==Notes==

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==Other websites==
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* [https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 WHO site for COVID-19]
* [https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html CDC site for COVID-19]
* [https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses WHO questions on COVID-19]
* [https://infographics.channelnewsasia.com/covid-19/map.html?fbclid=IwAR1FFAtMxXEIiPFJsRAYf5tBESCAy3km7LUxnXy4QiyV6FB98bv3lM9W1_4 Novel Coronavirus Map] Infographics, Channel News Asia

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