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DateEventSourceContributor
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11/15/2019Earliest spillover event estimated by Nextstrainhttps://nextstrain.org/ncovJohn Drake (jdrake@uga.edu)
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12/1/2019First symptomatic illness; not connected to seafood market and no epidemiological link was found between the first patient and later cases
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext
John Drake (jdrake@uga.edu), Cecilia Sanchez (cecilia.sanchez@uga.edu)
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12/31/2019First online report of cluster
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/135/htm
John Drake (jdrake@uga.edu)
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1/1/2020Hunan South China Seafood Market closed and decontaminated
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/135/htm
John Drake (jdrake@uga.edu)
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1/8/2020Novel coronavirus annouced (15+ cases)
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/135/htm
John Drake (jdrake@uga.edu)
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1/9/2020All persons who come from/visited Wuhan after this date need to register and take temperature at local clinic. If have fever go to hospital, no fever monitored for 14 days. (notice posted on 1/23/20)
http://www.ahpu.edu.cn/xwzx/2020/0123/c3391a129947/page.htm
Anna Willoughby (anna.willoughby@uga.edu)
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1/10/2020First fatality reported
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/135/htm
John Drake (jdrake@uga.edu)
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1/13/2020First report from Thailand in a traveler from Wuhan
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/135/htm
John Drake (jdrake@uga.edu)
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1/15/2020Second fatality reported
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/135/htm
John Drake (jdrake@uga.edu)
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1/16/2020First report from Japan in a traveler from Wuhan
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/135/htm
John Drake (jdrake@uga.edu)
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1/16/2020Four new cases reported in Wuhan (total Wuhan cases: 19)
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/135/htm
John Drake (jdrake@uga.edu)
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1/17/2020Second report from Thailand in a traveler from Wuhan
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/135/htm
John Drake (jdrake@uga.edu)
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1/17/2020Seventeen new cases in Wuhan reported (total Wuhan cases: 36)
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/135/htm
John Drake (jdrake@uga.edu)
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1/19/2020Wuhan expands testing and identifies 136 new cases (total Wuhan cases: 172)
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/135/htm
John Drake (jdrake@uga.edu)
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1/20/2020Fifteen healthcare workers in Wuhan reported to be infected (total Wuhan cases: 187)
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/135/htm
John Drake (jdrake@uga.edu)
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1/23/2020655 total cases from 25 provinces reported in China, including 25 deaths
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/135/htm
John Drake (jdrake@uga.edu)
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1/23/2020Nine countries reporting infection
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/135/htm
John Drake (jdrake@uga.edu)
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1/23/2020Wuhan and nine other cities quarantined
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/135/htm
John Drake (jdrake@uga.edu)
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1/24/2020First likely incidence of human-to-human transmission outside of China (Vietnam)
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200124-sitrep-4-2019-ncov.pdf?sfvrsn=9272d086_2
Robbie Richards (robert.richards@uga.edu)
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1/25/2020First report of cases in Australia and Malaysia
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/01/doubts-rise-about-chinas-ability-contain-new-coronavirus
Cecilia Sanchez (cecilia.sanchez@uga.edu)
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1/25/2020Intercity bus travel ban for Beijing
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202001/25/WS5e2c30fea310128217273397.html
Anna Willoughby (anna.willoughby@uga.edu)
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1/26/2020Intercity travel ban for Shanghai, Tianjin, Shandong, Xian, Sanya
http://companies.caixin.com/2020-01-26/101508589.html
Anna Willoughby (anna.willoughby@uga.edu)
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1/27/2020First case of human to human transmission in Europe (Germany)
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-confirms-human-transmission-of-coronavirus/a-52169007
Cecilia Sanchez (cecilia.sanchez@uga.edu)
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1/29/2020First report of a case in Finland
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finlands_first_coronavirus_case_confirmed_in_lapland/11182855
David Vasquez (dvasquez@uga.edu)
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1/29/2020First report of cases in UAE
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3048057/china-coronavirus-uae-confirms-first-cases-middle-east
David Vasquez (dvasquez@uga.edu)
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1/29/2020virus is cultured for the first time outside of China
https://www.doherty.edu.au/news-events/news/coronavirus
Cecilia Sanchez (cecilia.sanchez@uga.edu)
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1/30/2020Russia closes 16 of ~25 China-Russia border crossing points
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/world/asia/coronavirus-china.html
Cecilia Sanchez (cecilia.sanchez@uga.edu)
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1/30/2020
WHO declares a PHEIC (Public Health Emergency of International Concern)
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/30-01-2020-statement-on-the-second-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-outbreak-of-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)
Cecilia Sanchez (cecilia.sanchez@uga.edu)
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1/31/2020Delta cancels all flights Feb 6 - Apr 30
USA Today ; https://news.delta.com/delta-temporarily-suspend-all-us-china-flying
John Drake (jdrake@uga.edu); David Vasquez (dvasquez@uga.edu)
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1/31/2020First confirmed cases in Sweden (1), Russia (2), England (2), Italy (2)
https://www.thelocal.se/20200131/first-case-of-coronavirus-confirmed-in-jonkoping-sweden, https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/01/31/russia-reports-first-coronavirus-cases-a69123, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cmo-confirms-cases-of-coronavirus-in-england, http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/01/ncov-expands-europe-antiviral-drug-study-launch-china
Cecilia Sanchez (cecilia.sanchez@uga.edu)
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1/31/2020CDC issues federal quarantine for 195 evacuees from Wuhan
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-orders-14-day-federal-quarantine-americans-flown-california-n1127551
Cecilia Sanchez (cecilia.sanchez@uga.edu)
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1/31/2020
US Department of Health and Human Services declares a public health emergency
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/01/31/secretary-azar-declares-public-health-emergency-us-2019-novel-coronavirus.html
Anna Willoughby (anna.willoughby@uga.edu)
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2/1/2020First death outside of China (Phillipines)
https://www.doh.gov.ph/press-release/DOH-reveals-more-negative-2019-nCoV-cases-confirms-first-nCoV-ARD-death-in-PH
Cecilia Sanchez (cecilia.sanchez@uga.edu)
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2/5/2020
Compulsory Quarantine for all arrivals into Hong Kong from mainland China
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/feb/05/coronavirus-live-updates-in-china-wuhan-outbreak-death-toll-latest-news-update-evacuation-coronaviruses?page=with:block-5e3a8e288f086a28115a5e19#block-5e3a8e288f086a28115a5e19
Lewis Bartlett (lewis.bartlett@uga.edu)
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2/4/2020Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined for 14 days in Yokohama
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/12/805233801/halfway-through-quarantine-diamond-princess-passengers-form-unique-online-commun
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/6/2020
Dr Li Weliang, who notified public of outbreak on social media, died of infection
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3049411/coronavirus-li-wenliang-doctor-who-alerted-authorities-outbreak
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/9/2020Death toll surpasses that of SARS with 811 deaths
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-death-toll-hits-812-surpassing-sars-fatalities/story?id=68860340
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/10/2020135 cases total on Diamond Princess cruise ship
https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-02-10-20-intl-hnk/index.html
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/11/2020Disease named COVID-19; Virus named SARS-CoV-2
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200211-sitrep-22-ncov.pdf?sfvrsn=fb6d49b1_2
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/13/2020
Hubei begins reporting clinical cases (based on radiographic imaging but not lab confirmed) starting Jan 12
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3050354/coronavirus-hubei-province-reports-sharp-spike-new-confirmed
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/14/2020
Second death reported outside of China, individual had no travel history to China
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200214-sitrep-25-covid-19.pdf?sfvrsn=61dda7d_2
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/17/2020
First Russian diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2, patient was a passenger of Diamond Princess
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjbir-S9NnnAhWtm-AKHRI0CZIQFjAAegQIBBAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Ffourteen-americans-headed-home-from-coronavirus-cruise-ship-test-positive-11581931972&usg=AOvVaw14pc-N9qfgoMpRse9vFrAv
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/19/2020End of Diamond Princess quarantine; hundreds begin to disembark
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/19/2020First confirmed patients in Iran
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/19/2020Death toll surpasses 2000
https://www.devex.com/news/2019-ncov-outbreak-a-timeline-96396
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/20/2020Iran reports 5 cases of COVID19, 2 deaths; sources of infection unknown
https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-mission-briefing-on-covid-19-on-20-february-2020
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/20/2020
South Korea reports 104 new cases, second-highest number of cases outside of China (first is Diamond Princess)
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200220-sitrep-31-covid-19.pdf?sfvrsn=dfd11d24_2
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/20/2020
China again changes reporting of cases: removing category of clinically diagnosed; some cases are expected to be discarded
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200220-sitrep-31-covid-19.pdf?sfvrsn=dfd11d24_2
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/21/2020China reports outbreaks of 500 new cases among prison inmates
https://www.devex.com/news/2019-ncov-outbreak-a-timeline-96396
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/21/2020First case in Israel, Lebanon
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/24/2020First case in Bahrain (1), Oman (2) and Kuwait (3) - exports from Iran
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/24/2020First case in Afghanistan, Iraq
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/24/2020First case in Croatia
https://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/cekaju-se-rezultati-testova-na-koronavirus-za-pet-osoba-u-hrvatskoj---595197.html
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/24/2020Italy reports nearly 150 cases in 2 days
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2020/02/25/coronavirus-lombardia-206-casi_68669f45-2b13-46c1-bb59-1e066c81ba2e.html
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/25/2020First cases in Croatia, Austria, Switzerland, Algeria
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/25/2020CDC issues statement saying "not if, but when" coronavirus will spread in the US
https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-spread-us-inevitable.html
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/26/2020First case in Brazil, Greece, Pakistan, North Macedonia, Georgia, Norway, Romania
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/26/2020A person in N. California has tested positive for coronavirus, the first U.S. case with no known link to foreign travelhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/26/2020The US has started human testing of a drug to treat the novel coronavirus
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/26/us/coronavirus-us-american-treatment-trial/index.html
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/27/2020
South Korea reports more than 500 cases in one day, bringing the total to 1595
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200227003900320
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/27/2020First case in Denmark, Estonia,
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/27/2020Iran reports more than 100 cases in one day
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/28/2020
First case in Nigeria, Lithuania, New Zealand, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Mexico, Iceland, Monaco,
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/01/timeline-coronavirus-epidemic/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/28/2020WHO China COVID19 Report Published
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/29/2020First case in Qatar, Ecuador (traveler from Spain), Luxembourg, Ireland
https://twitter.com/QatarNewsAgency/status/1233713028551626752
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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2/29/2020First death in US
https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1233815268947828736
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/1/2020First case in Armenia, Czech Republic, Domincan Republic,
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/1/2020Iran reports 385 cases and 11 deaths in one day
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/03/01/619874/Iran-coronavirus-hospitals
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/1/2020Italy reports 566 cases and 5 deaths in one day
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/2/2020
First cases in Indonesia, Andorra, Jordan, Tunisia, Latvia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Morocco,
https://news.trust.org/item/20200302035218-vmg7b
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/2/2020France reports 61 cases in one day
https://www.bfmtv.com/societe/carte-coronavirus-en-france-le-nombre-de-cas-region-par-region-1867710.html
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/3/20202 new cases in Fulton County GA
https://www.facebook.com/GovKemp/videos/861885824275165/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/3/2020First case in Ukraine, Gibraltar, Argentina, Chile, Liechtenstein,
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/3/2020Iran reports 800 cases in one day
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/4/2020First case in Poland, Slovenia, Hungary
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/4/2020Italy closes all its schools
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/briefing/coronavirus-briefing-what-happened-today.html
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/4/2020France has more than 300 cases, 2nd most in Europe
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/briefing/coronavirus-briefing-what-happened-today.html
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/4/2020Number of confirmed cases outside China reaches 15,000https://t.co/eUoE2b20hL
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/5/2020
First case in Bosnia, Palestine, South Africa, Bhutan, Vatican City, Cameroon, Serbia
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/5/2020US Senate passes $8.3 billion emergy spending bill
https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1235642368331784193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Eprofile%3ABNODesk%7Ctwcon%5Etimelinechrome&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbnonews.com%2Findex.php%2F2020%2F02%2Ftracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates%2F
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/6/2020Number of confirmed cases around the world reaches 100,000
https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1235885799645863942
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/6/2020First cases in Peru, Slovakia, Colombia
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/7/2020First cases Maldives, Bucharest, Paraguay, Moldova, Bulgaria,
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/7/2020Washington state has over 100 cases, 16 deaths
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/7/2020First death in South America (Argentina)
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/8/2020First case in Bangladesh, Albania,
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/8/2020Italy reports nearly 1500 cases and 133 deaths in one day (7375 cases, 366 deaths cumulative); second most in the worldhttps://t.co/eUoE2b20hL
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/9/2020First cases in Panama, Mongolia
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/9/2020
4% of health workers in Netherlands positive for coronavirus (1,097 tested)
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/10/2020First case in Jamaica, Turkey
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
92
3/11/2020China to resume work in many industries
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
93
3/11/2020First case in Honduras,
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/11/2020120,000 cases globally, 4,359 deaths
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/11/2020WHO declares the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/11/health/coronavirus-pandemic-world-health-organization/index.html
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/11/2020Italy surpasses 10,000 cases (2,313 new cases in one day)
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/11/2020Nearly 1,000 cases in Iran in one day
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/11/2020First case French Polynesia,
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
99
3/11/2020Trump suspends travel to Europe (excluding UK)
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)
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3/11/2020Celebrity infections: Tom Hanks, Rudy Gobert
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-live-news-updates/
Paige Miller (paigemiller554@gmail.com)