History of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Part 2)

Historical Events

Events 101 - 200 of 404

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2020-04-23 German Chancellor Angela Merkel warns this is "not the end phase but still just the beginning" of the COVID-19 pandemic

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2020-04-23 US President Donald Trump suggests COVID-19 might be treated by injecting disinfectant or UV lights into a human body at a White House press briefing. Government officials and disinfectant companies quickly state doing so is not only extremely dangerous but potentially deadly.

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2020-04-27 Global confirmed cases of COVID-19 pass 3 million with the death toll at 205,000. US has 1/3 of all new cases.

2020-04-28 Argentina bans all commercial domestic and international flights until September 1 because of COVID-19

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2020-04-28 President Vladimir Putin warns Russia has not yet reached the peak of COVID-19 infections, with 93,000 recorded cases and 867 deaths

2020-04-28 US confirmed cases of COVID-19 pass 1 million, while death toll of 58,365 surpasses that of US soldiers killed in Vietnam War (Johns Hopkins)
2020-04-29 UK official death toll reaches 26,000 deaths from COVID-19 as care home and community deaths included
2020-04-30 Russian Prime Minister Mikhail V. Mishustin says he has COVID-19
2020-04-30 South Korea reports no new domestic cases of COVID-19 for 1st time, their virus cases peaked Feb 29

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2020-04-30 UK PM Boris Johnson says Britain is past the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak

2020-04-30 US President Donald Trump claims COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, while the Office of the Director of National Intelligence saying the virus is not manmade
2020-05-03 Brazilian confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 100,000 with the death toll at 7,025, the 9th country to do so

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2020-05-03 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says China responsible for the spread and severity of COVID-19 and should be held accountable

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2020-06-24 NY Governor Andrew Cuomo announces people arriving from nine states hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic will have to isolate for two weeks

2020-06-25 US Center of Disease Control estimates 20 million people in America have been infected with COVID-19, 10 times higher than confirmed cases
2020-06-28 COVID-19 cases surge in southern and western US states with California, Texas and Florida closing bars, Arizona reports 20% of tests returning as positive
2020-06-28 Global death toll from COVID-19 passes 500,000, doubling in less than two months (Johns Hopkins)
2020-07-01 America confirms more than 50,000 new COVID-19 cases in one day for the 1st time
2020-07-01 Australian state of Melbourne re-imposes a COVID-19 lockdown on 36 Melbourne suburbs affecting 300,000 people
2020-07-01 WHO says Middle East at "critical threshold" with COVID-19 cases over 1 million, 80% of deaths in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
2020-07-02 Texas Governor Greg Abbott makes wearing face masks mandatory as cases of coronavirus soar in the state
2020-07-03 Major League Baseball All-Star Game planned to be hosted on July 14 by the LA Dodgers is cancelled due to government restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic
2020-07-05 Florida reports a record 11,458 daily COVID-19 cases
2020-07-05 Mexico's COVID-19 death toll passes 30,000 as it becomes the world's 5th worst-affected country

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2020-07-07 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announces he has tested positive for COVID-19

2020-07-07 India surpasses Russia to become the world's third-worst affected country, daily COVID-19 cases exceeding 20,000 and total cases over 700,000
2020-07-07 Texas records more than 10,000 daily cases of COVID-19 for the 1st time
2020-07-07 Violent protests in Belgrade, Serbia, at government announcement of weekend lockdown due to COVID-19 surge
2020-07-17 India becomes the third country to record 1 million cases of COVID-19, 56% concentrated in Maharashtra, Delhi and Tamil Nadu

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2020-07-18 Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Mumbai

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2020-07-19 Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says 25 million Iranians already infected with COVID-19, 35 million at risk (official figure just 269,440)

2020-07-20 Announcement that a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) is able to trigger immune response and antibodies
2020-07-21 European Union agrees huge €750 billion ($859 billion) post-COVID-19 stimulus bill
2020-07-22 California passes New York total for COVID-19 cases (415,763 vs 415,094), though NY death toll much higher
2020-07-23 South Africa records more than 400,000 COVID-19 cases amid surging infections and decides to shut schools for a month
2020-07-23 US confirmed cases of COVID-19 pass 4 million with death toll over 143,000. Real number of cases likely up to 13x higher according to CDC.
2020-07-25 North Korea reports first 'suspected' case of COVID-19 in city of Kaesong

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2020-07-27 WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus states that COVID-19 is "easily the most severe" global health emergency the WHO has faced

2020-07-31 Mexico overtakes the UK to have the world's third highest death toll from COVID-19 with 46,688 fatalities
2020-08-02 Australian state of Victoria announces state of disaster and imposes further lockdown measures after spike in COVID-19 cases
2020-08-02 South Africa confirms over 500,000 cases of COVID-19 with 10,107 deaths, highest total on the African continent
2020-08-03 Number of Iranian COVID-19 deaths triple that of government tally, showing 42,000 have died instead of 14,405, according to BBC Persian Service investigation [1]
2020-08-04 COVID-19 infection spike forces a return to lockdown in Manila and surrounding provinces in the Philippines, affecting 27 million people as cases pass 100,000
2020-08-04 UN says COVID-19 pandemic has created biggest educational disruption in history affecting nearly 1.6 million students in 190 countries, 94% worldwide [1]
2020-08-06 COVID-19 detected cases in Africa pass 1 million with 21,983 deaths
2020-08-06 US COVID-19 death toll could reach 300,000 by 1 December, about 70,000 lives saved if masks worn consistently, according to University of Washington study [1]
2020-08-09 Brazil passes 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, the world's 2nd highest, with over 3 million recorded cases
2020-08-09 New Zealand marks 100 days without community transmission of COVID-19
2020-08-10 Global COVID-19 cases pass 20 million and is accelerating, 1st 10 million took almost 6 months, 2nd 10 million took just 43 days (Reuters)
2020-08-11 President Vladimir Putin in a propaganda stunt announces Russia has become the 1st country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine, called “Sputnik V", despite no scientific data being published or phase 3 trials having even begun
2020-08-12 Europe fights a new COVID-19 surge with Germany, France and Spain posting their largest daily infection totals for three months
2020-08-17 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the 1st US college to send students home and convert to online classes after 135 COVID-19 cases detected
2020-08-19 Golfing dinner termed #GolfGatet appearing to flout COVID-19 restrictions, attended by Irish political figures, prompts two politicians to later resign

Famous Deaths

2021-06-25 Marcos Ferrufino, Bolivian soccer defender (9 caps; Bolívar 252 games) and manager (San José, Real Potosí), dies from COVID-19 at 58
2021-06-28 Sergio Victor Palma, Argentine boxer (WBA Super Bantamweight champion 1980-82), dies from COVID-19 at 65
2021-06-29 Carlos Vilar, Argentine sailor (Snipe World Championships gold 1948, 51), dies from COVID-19 at 91
2021-06-29 Goolam Rajah, South African cricket administrator (manager RSA national team 1991-2011), dies from COVID-19 at 74
2021-07-02 Lehlo Ledwaba, South African boxer (IBF super bantamweight title 1999-2001), dies from COVID-19 at 49
2021-07-04 Sanford Clark, American country-rockabilly singer and guitarist ("The Fool"; "Son Of A Gun"), dies of COVID-19 while undergoing cancer treatment at 85
2021-07-23 Tito Lupini, Italian rugby union prop (11 Tests; Rovigo) and coach (Rovigo), dies from COVID-19 at 65
2021-07-30 Jacob Desvarieux, French zouk singer, and guitarist (Kassav'), dies of COVID-19 at 65
2021-07-31 Alvin Ing, American stage and screen singer and actor (Flower Drum Song), dies of COVID-19 complications at 89
2021-08-26 Kenny Malone, American Nashville-based session drummer (Dolly Parton; Dobie Gray: Waylon Jennings), dies of COVID-19 at 83
2021-09-01 Jim Fuller, American college football coach and athletics administrator (coach 1977-83; AD 2003-08 Jacksonville State University), dies from COVID-19 at 76
2021-09-03 John Watkins, South African cricket all-rounder (15 Tests, 29 wickets, 3 x 50s; Natal), dies from COVID-19 at 98
2021-09-05 Rickie Lee Reynolds, American southern rock guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas - "Jim Dandy (To the Rescue)"), dies of COVID-19 complications, including kidney failure and heart attack at 72
2021-10-12 Renton Laidlaw, Scottish golf broadcaster and journalist (President Association of Golf Writers 1995-2015; BBC Radio), dies from COVID-19 at 82

Colin Powell (1937-2021)

2021-10-18 American General and 1st Black US Secretary of State (2001-05), dies from complications of COVID-19, blood cancer, and Parkinson's disease at 84 [1]

2021-11-12 Paul Gludovatz, Austrian football manager (Austria U-20; SV Ried, TSV Hartberg, SV Eberau), dies from COVID-19 at 75
2021-11-18 Dzyanis Kowba, Belarusian soccer defensive midfielder (36 caps; PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara 247 games), dies from complications of COVID-19 at 42
2021-11-22 Doug Jones, American baseball relief pitcher (5 x MLB All Star; Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies), dies from COVID-19 at 64