A journal of the pandemic year By ikram El Fanoun H. Dec 8, 2019 First confirmed case of coronavirus in China Jan 9, 2020 The WHO announces that a new coronavirus is the cause of said pneumonia. Jan 11, 2020 First dead from coronavirus in China Jan 11, 2020 China's first COVID patient dies Jan 12, 2020 First confirmed case of coronavirus outside China , in Thailand Jan 21, 2020 First confirmed case of coronavirus in Washington (USA) Jan 23, 2020 Wuhan is quarantined to stop the spread of the virus Jan 24, 2020 First case of coronavirus in Europe (France) Jan 25, 2020 First case of coronavirus in Australia Jan 30, 2020 Scientists say that an infected person spreads the virus before showing symptoms Jan 31, 2020 First positive case of coronavirus in Spain, joined to the La Gomera hospital. Jan 31, 2020 First cases of COVID in Italy, France and the United Kingdom Feb 2, 2020 First dead from coronavirus outside China , in Philippines Feb 3, 2020 A cruise ship remains in quarantine in Japan with 712 passengers tested positive for coronavirus Feb 14, 2020 The coronavirus reaches africa. First positive for coronavirus in Egypt Feb 19, 2020 First cases and deaths in Iran Feb 26, 2020 Brazil reports the first case of coronavirus in South America. Feb 26, 2020 First case of Covid in Brazil Feb 27, 2020 Saudi Arabia suspends pilgrimage to Mecca Feb 28, 2020 The WHO declares that the global risk is very high Feb 29, 2020 First death from COVID-19 in the United States Mar 8, 2020 Italy's Lombardy region and 14 cities were quarantined Mar 9, 2020 Italy closes its borders. Ten days later, deaths from COVID-19 in the country exceed 3,400. Mar 10, 2020 First restrictions in Italy Mar 11, 2020 WHO declares the outbreak to be a pandemic. The virus has spread to 114 countries and has killed 4,000 people and infected almost 120,000 Mar 11, 2020 First COVID case in Turkey Mar 12, 2020 Education and teaching suspended in Turkey Mar 13, 2020 Trump declares a state of national emergency Mar 14, 2020 Quarantine is declared in Spain Mar 17, 2020 The European Union restricts entry to third countries Mar 23, 2020 First measures against COVID in the UK Mar 27, 2020 The United States exceeds 100,000 infected by coronavirus Apr 2, 2020 Global cases reach one million. More than 53,000 people have died Apr 3, 2020 Scientists say the virus spreads through the air. The CDC recommends wearing face masks Apr 16, 2020 State of emergency in 7 regions of Japan Apr 28, 2020 Cases in the United States reach one million. May 20, 2020 COVID cases in the world exceed 5 million May 22, 2020 Brazil is the second country with the most cases of Coronavirus in the world Jun 21, 2020 End of quarantine in Spain Jun 25, 2020 China approves a vaccine for military use Jun 28, 2020 More than 10 million people have been infected and more than 500,000 have died. Jul 17, 2020 Cases in India exceed one million Aug 11, 2020 Russia approves the restricted use of its phase two vaccine Aug 25, 2020 First person is reinfected by coronavirus Sep 7, 2020 India surpasses Brazil in number of cases Sep 28, 2020 More than 1 million people have died from COVID-19 Sep 29, 2020 One million deaths from Coronavirus in the world Nov 7, 2020 COVID-19 cases worldwide exceed 50 million Dec 2, 2020 The BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine became the first to be registered. Dec 8, 2020 The BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine was given to an elderly woman in the UK Dec 11, 2020 The FDA approves the emergency use of the BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine Dec 14, 2020 The vaccine was administered for the first time in the United States to a nurse in New York Dec 14, 2020 The UK detect a new mutation from Coronavirus Dec 15, 2020 Russia announces the start of the population vaccination process Dec 20, 2020 Italy,Netherlands,Belgium,Denmark and Australia detects new cases of the new strain of Coronavirus Dec 23, 2020 Brazil detect a new variant of Covid-19 Dec 26, 2020 Nigeria detects a new variant of Covid-19 Dec 27, 2020 BioNTech and Pfizer's vaccine begins to be used in Europe Jan 3, 2021 Jamaica confirms 4 infections with the new British strain Jan 4, 2021 The United Kingdom announces a new confinement after the large increase in infections and deaths Jan 5, 2021 The United States registers a new death record, with 3,936 deaths in 24 hours Jan 9, 2021 WHO reports more than 15,000 COVID-19 deaths worldwide in 24 hours. It´s a new world record Jan 10, 2021 Japan identifies a new variant of the coronavirus Jan 11, 2021 Two gorillas at a California zoo, test positive for Covid-19 Jan 11, 2021 New mutation of Covid-19 in Panama Jan 16, 2021 China builds 1,500-bed hospital in five days to treat COVID-19 patients Jan 20, 2021 The WHO warns that the new British strain is in 60 countries and the South African in 23 Jan 26, 2021 100 million infections are exceeded in the world Feb 3, 2021 Chile begins vaccinating the whole world against COVID-19 Feb 10, 2021 Rusia exceed the 4 million cases Feb 15, 2021 United Kingdom exceeds 15 million people vaccinated Mar 11, 2021 First deceased by COVID-19 in Cambodia Mar 25, 2021 Mexico exceeds 200,000 deaths of COVID Apr 2, 2021 The president of Argentina tests positive for COVID again despite being vaccinated