How COVID-19 Started in China and Came to Canada By huaidan Dec 8, 2019 First COVID-19 Case in Wuhan China. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/first-covid-19-case-happened-in-november-china-government-records-show-report Period: Dec 8, 2019 to Apr 14, 2020 Date Dec 31, 2019 China Tells WHO about Several Cases in Wuhan China https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/08-04-2020-who-timeline---covid-19 Jan 7, 2020 Officials Identify a New Virus and Named it nCoV https://www.sciencealert.com/who-has-finally-named-the-deadly-coronavirus Jan 11, 2020 China's First Death https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-pandemic-timeline-history-major-events-2020-3 Jan 25, 2020 First Canadian Case https://thedailywake.com/2020/01/25/coronavirus-canada-confirms-first-case-as-death-toll-rises-to-54/ Jan 28, 2020 First Case in B.C. https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020HLTH0015-000151 Jan 30, 2020 WHO Declares Outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/international-health-regulations/news/news/2020/2/2019-ncov-outbreak-is-an-emergency-of-international-concern Feb 11, 2020 WHO Names Disease COVID-19 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51466362 Feb 20, 2020 BC's 6th Case - 1st Case in Canada Without Travel to China https://globalnews.ca/news/6577201/b-c-government-to-provide-update-on-covid-19/ Feb 26, 2020 Ontario's 5th Diagnosed Case https://globalnews.ca/news/6597470/covid19-coronavirus-case-toronto-5th-ontario/ Feb 27, 2020 Quebec Reports its First Case https://globalnews.ca/news/6694343/quebec-coronavirus-march-18/ Mar 5, 2020 Alberta's Announced it's 1st Case https://globalnews.ca/news/6638137/alberta-health-presumptive-case-coronavirus/ Mar 5, 2020 The 1st Canadian ‘Community Case’ of COVID-19 https://globalnews.ca/news/6639853/coronavirus-canada-covid-19-community-case/ Mar 9, 2020 Canada Records its First COVID-19 Death https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/canada-sees-first-covid-19-related-death-as-man-dies-in-b-c-care-centre-1.1402793 Mar 11, 2020 WHO Declares COVID-19 as a Pandemic http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19/news/news/2020/3/who-announces-covid-19-outbreak-a-pandemic Mar 12, 2020 COVID-19 Forces Ontario to Extend March Break for 2 Weeks https://educ.queensu.ca/covid-19-forces-ontario-government-extend-school-march-break-2-weeks Mar 17, 2020 Ontario, Alberta and B.C. and P.E.I. Declare State of Emergencies https://nationalpost.com/news/provincial-states-of-emergencies-were-issued-a-month-ago-most-are-coming-up-for-renewal Mar 20, 2020 COVID-19 cases pass 1,000 in Canada https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/as-canadas-covid-19-death-toll-passes-1000-attention-focuses-on-long-term-care-homes
