A pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan, China was first reported to the WHO Country Office in China on 31 December 2019. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020 and declared a pandemic on March 11. By that time the disease was known as COVID-19 and the name of the new virus was SARS-CoV-2
Scientists worked at speed to make this virus's gene and protein information available at record time.
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#China has reported to WHO a cluster of #pneumonia cases —with no deaths— in Wuhan, Hubei Province 🇨🇳 . Investigations are underway to identify the cause of this illness.— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 4, 2020
Scientists worked at speed to make this virus's gene and protein information available at record time.
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