COVID-19 Timeline

By Evan Yousufzai

  • First Person Gets COVID-19

    The first person to get COVID-19 is belived to be a woman, named Wei Guixain, when she thought it was the flu, while shopping at her local fish market, followed by 24 other people that was there that same day.

  • First Case of COVID-19 in Canada

    Canadian authorities announce first confirmed case in Toronto- a man who travelled from Wuhan. He was placed in isolation in the Sunnybrook Hospital.

  • COVID-19 is Declared a Panademic In Canada

    On March 11 the Canadian government declared COVID-19 a Pandemic.

  • Schools Close Down

    Schools close down for March Break and then the government announces that all Publicly Funded schools to close down for 2, weeks but then it got extened.

  • The Canadian Government Says That we Need to Practise Social Distancing

    The Canadian Government declared that we need to stay 2 metres or 6 feet away from everyone except the people that you live with.

  • The Canadian Government Announsces to Close Down Travel out of the Country

    Canada declares that they would shut down the border, with only opening it for certain people and truckers.

  • Ontario Starts Closing Stores and Shutting Down

    The Ontario Government starts shutting down non-essential stores and businesses.

  • Gatherings of More Then 50 People are Prohibited

    The Canadian Government says that more than 50 people at a gathering is prohibited.

  • Canada Hits 20,000 Cases of COVID-19

    The Canadian Government announces that there are around 20,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19... But that's only confirmed cases so there can be more.

  • Total Number of Cases of COVID-19 in Ontario

    There are 8,447 total cases of COVID-19 in Ontario when I wrote this.