Fig. 1: Timeline of the key events of the COVID-19 outbreak. | Nature Reviews Microbiology

Fig. 1: Timeline of the key events of the COVID-19 outbreak.

From: Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19

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The first recorded cases were reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. Over the course of the following 10 months, more than 30 million cases have been confirmed worldwide. COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; ICTV, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses; PHEIC, public health emergency of international concern; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; WHO, World Health Organization.

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