The first United Nations Security Council meeting on the pandemic is held in a closed video-conference session. 2020-04-10
Nicaragua reports the country's first death from COVID-19, a patient with HIV-AIDS. 2020-03-26
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer issues a stay-at-home order for all Michiganders except for essential services. 2020-03-23
Iran bans the traditional Persian fire festival Chaharshanbe Suri. 2020-03-17
Two people – one Japanese and one American – die from coronavirus in Wuhan. They are the first foreigners (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) to die from it. 2020-02-8
Huoshenshan Hospital, opening after ten days of construction, admits the first patients of the pandemic. 2020-02-3
The death toll from the new coronavirus rises to 25 and 830 confirmed cases in China as four more Chinese cities, Huanggang, Ezhou, Chibi and Zhijiang are to be placed under quarantine. The total number of people under quarantine is now over 20 million people. 2020-01-23