Pandemic year

  • Inicio

    Inicio
    It was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan City, 6 capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China, when cases of a group of sick people with an unknown type of pneumonia were reported.
  • arrival in the Americas

    arrival in the Americas
    The coronavirus disease pandemic or COVID-19 in America is a continental epidemic that began with the detection of the first case of coronavirus disease on January 21, 2020 in the United States, a man of approximately 30 years, originally from Washington state, who had recently traveled to China.
  • health emergency was declared in Mexico because of force majeure.

    health emergency was declared in Mexico because of force majeure.
    On 30 March, a "health emergency due to force majeure" was declared as a result of the evolution of confirmed cases and deaths from the disease in the country, resulting in the implementation of additional actions for its prevention and control
  • phase 2 was decreed in Mexico.

    phase 2 was decreed in Mexico.
    phase 2 was decreed on 24 March, which includes mainly the suspension of certain economic activities, the restriction of mass congregations and the recommendation of home security to the general population.
  • WHO recognition

    WHO recognition
    The World Health Organization (WHO) recognized it as a pandemic on 11 March 2020.
  • First contagion in Mexico.

    First contagion in Mexico.
    The first confirmed case was in Mexico City,164 and he was a Mexican who had traveled to Italy and had mild symptoms; a few hours later another case was confirmed in the state of Sinaloa and a third case, again, in Mexico City.165 The first death from the disease in the country occurred on March 18, 2020
  • Increased number of contagions.

    Increased number of contagions.