Six new countries report cases
20/03/2020 • 05:00:00View on timeline
New countries/regions affected:
- Fiji
- New Caledonia
- El Salvador
- Nicaragua
- Chad
- Niger
First person to later test positive begins showing symptoms
WHO China Country Office receives first reports
The new coronavirus is isolated
First death outside of China, in the Philippines
First time there are more cases reported from outside of China
The global number of cases surpasses 100.000
Over 100 countries have laboratory-confirmed cases
Europe becomes the epicenter of the pandemic
WHO declares the coronavirus a pandemic
The number of cases worldwide is over 200.000
The first vaccine trial begins
The number of cases worldwide surpasses 300.000
Number of cases surpasses 400.000
500.00 confirmed cases worldwide
Number of cases surpasses 600.000
700.000 cases worldwide
Over 800.000 cases worldwide
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo tests positive
More than 900.000 cases worldwide
1.000.000 cases worldwide
2.000.000 cases worldwide
3.000.000 cases worldwide
4.000.000 cases worldwide
5.000.000 cases worldwide
6.000.000 cases worldwide
First cases reported in Italy
First case in Iran
First case reported in the United States of America
Shanghai Museum is the first museum in China to close
Louvre employees vote to stop working
Statement from ICOM President, Suay Aksoy
Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent closes, and long-awaited Van Eyck exhibition is lost
Small, rural museums in Brandenburg, Germany are allowed to reopen
International Museum Day
ICOM and UNESCO release full report about museums and COVID-19
Xi JinPing visits Wuhan for the first time after the outbreak
Boris Johnson tests positive
New Zealand announces no new community transmissions
Evolution
Spreading around the globe
Cases worldwide
Deaths worldwide
Museums and COVID-19
Governmental response
Selected articles
Studies on epidemic forecasting
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