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The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is a global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in Wuhan , the capital of Hubei , China, in December 2019, before it spread to other areas of Asia ...
- 6,956,160 (reported), 17.5–31.4 million (estimated)
- Worldwide
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Severe acute respiratory syndromecoronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2)
Jan 21, 2021 · 21 January 2021. Getty Images. Wuhan endured one of the strictest lockdowns the world has seen in the pandemic. A year ago on 23 January 2020 the world saw its first coronavirus lockdown come...
Feb 26, 2022 · Scientists released a pair of extensive studies over the weekend that point to a large food and live animal market in Wuhan, China, as the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.
Jan 25, 2021 · Covid-19: Five days that shaped the outbreak. 25 January 2021. By Jane McMullen,BBC News. Getty Images. A year ago, the Chinese government locked down the city of Wuhan. For weeks beforehand...
Nov 18, 2021 · Nov. 18, 2021 1:24 PM PT. Sometime in the waning days of 2019, a novel coronavirus began spreading in the Chinese city of Wuhan. It would take several weeks for local doctors and health...
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Jan 22, 2021 · 6 of 15 |. FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2020, file photo, shoppers wearing face masks look for groceries with many empty shelves at a supermarket in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province. The Chinese city of Wuhan is looking back on a year since it was placed under a 76-day lockdown beginning Jan. 23, 2020. (Chinatopix via AP, File) Read More.
Feb 11, 2021 · WUHAN, China (AP) — A World Health Organization team has left China after gaining some new insights into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 2.3 million people — but with the major questions still unanswered.
