HWorld Past Year Timeline

By DefineDown

  • First reports of a novel coronavirus

    In early January reports began to come out of China about a new coronavirus. These were the first reports and at this point there were no real alarms raised or indications this could become something more major Link text

  • Wuhan is placed under quarantine

    The area of China, Wuhan, where the original cases, transmission, and deaths occurred is placed under lockdown. This is the start of a very serious intensification of events which grow rapidly.

  • WHO declares a global health emergency

    This is the first official announcement that the novel coronavirus is a serious, global issue. Events are continuing to grow in seriousness

  • China’s COVID deaths surpass SARS totals

    Link text China’s COVID deaths pass the number of SARS deaths marking a troubling and telling marker on the viruses spread and catastrophic impact

  • Italy enters into national lockdown

    This was one of the major indicators that this would be a massive, severe global problem, much bigger than many people had been thinking up until then.This is one of the events I personally remember most and remember being a real “oh no” moment

  • WHO declares COVID-19 a Pandemic

    This marked an obvious escalation in the situation as the spread kept ramping up and increasing along with the severity

  • World hits 100,000 deaths from COVID-19

    The world reaches a grim and saddening marker as the pandemic continued to rage on

  • World hits 500,000 deaths

    As research into vaccines and drugs begin and efforts to combat COVID increase, so do the deaths still.

  • Global deaths surpass 1 million

    The death toll kept climbing along with cases even months into the pandemic

  • Fauci in US highlights need for follow up on long term effects of COVID

    This is important to remember as even today we know relatively small amounts about the long term impacts of COVID which is majorly concerning as many millions have been infected without dying and could be open to unknown troubles in the future

  • First COVID vaccines given in USA

    The first COVID vaccines were given out in the US marking a massive milestone in the fight against COVID and the culmination of many trials and attempts over the previous year to obtain a vaccine

  • COVID Crisis in India

    As vaccines become more prevalent and more widely available, due to a wide range of issues, India COVID cases and deaths rapidly rapidly increased and the nation was short on many necessary supplies, signaling that though things are getting better COVID is still is a problem