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2020-03-12 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Australia 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

2020-03-12 Actor Tom Hanks reports that he and his wife Rita Wilson have been diagnosed with COVID-19 after visiting Australia. 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

2020-03-10 The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, is postponed for the first time ever. The festival has been moved from April 2020 to October 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

2020-03-8 The first virus-related death is confirmed in Canada. 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

2020-03-8 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Albania 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

2020-03-5 British airline Flybe collapses into administration with the loss of 2,000 jobs after failing to secure financial support. The airline says the impact of the coronavirus pandemic is partly to blame for its collapse. Flybe provided more than half of UK domestic flights outside London. 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

2020-02-15 The first death from the disease inside Europe occurs in France. He was an 80-year-old Chinese tourist who had arrived in Paris with symptoms of the illness on January 16. 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

2020-02-1 Kiribati becomes the latest country in the Pacific to block Chinese travelers by placing all visa applications from China on hold and ordering all those coming from countries with confirmed cases of the virus to self-quarantine. 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

2020-01-31 Delta Air Lines and American Airlines announce that they have suspended all flights to and from China amid the pandemic. 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

2020-01-25 General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping holds a special Party Politburo meeting where he says that the country faces a "grave situation" as he warns the virus is "accelerating its speed". 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic