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COVID–19 Timeline

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Covid-19 Timeline - December 2019
Chinese Market

31st

Chinese officials in Wuhan, China, confirm dozens of cases of pneumonia from an unknown cause.


Covid-19 timeline - January 2020
Virus close up

7th

The outbreak is identified as a new coronavirus.


11th

China reports its first known death from an illness caused by the coronavirus—a 61-year-old man from Wuhan.


20th

The World Health Organization reports confirmed cases of coronavirus in Thailand, Japan and South Korea.


21st

The United States announces its first confirmed coronavirus case—a man in his 30s in Washington state.


23rd

Wuhan, a Chinese city of 11 million people, goes into quarantine.


30th

The World Health Organization declares the outbreak of a global public health emergency as more than 9,000 cases are reported worldwide, including 18 countries.


31st

The White House bars entry for most foreign nationals who had traveled to China within the last 14 days.


Covid-19 Timeline - February 2020

1st

Princess Cruises confirms that a passenger who sailed aboard the Diamond Princess from Yokohama, Japan, on January 20 and disembarked in Hong Kong on January 25 had coronavirus.


Diamond Princess

2nd

The first coronavirus death is reported outside of China—a 44-year-old Wuhan resident who passed away in the Philippines.


4th

The Diamond Princess, a ship with 3,700 passengers and crew, begins quarantine in Japan.


11th

The World Health Organization announces that the disease called coronavirus will be known as COVID- 19.


14th

The first COVID-19 death is recorded outside of Asia in France. The patient was an 80-year-old Chinese tourist.


24th

The National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China decided to prohibit illegal wildlife trade and to eliminate the abuse of wild animal eating.


A market in Wuhan, China

29th

President Donald Trump announces additional travel restrictions involving Iran, Italy and South Korea.


29th

The first recorded death in the United States is a man in his 50s in Washington state.


Covid-19 Timeline - March 2020

6th

Twenty-one people aboard the Grand Princess, a cruise ship being held off the coast of California, test positive for COVID-19.


7th

The first two cases of COVID-19 in South Carolina are confirmed.


9th

Ireland cancels its St. Patrick’s Day festivities.


10th

Italy issues a lockdown for the entire country.


11th

The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic.


11th

The NBA suspends all basketball games after a player for the Utah Jazz tests positive for COVID-19.


11th

President Donald Trump further restricts travel from now 26 countries in Europe.


Cancelled flights on an airport display

12th

The Volvo Car Open cancels its annual tennis tournament, which was to be held in the Volvo Car Stadium on Daniel Island, April 4 – 12.


12th

The MLB suspends spring training and delays its regular baseball season.


12th

The NHL suspends its hockey season.


12th

The NCAA cancels both the men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments.


13th

President Donald Trump announces that some cruise lines will be suspended, including Princess Cruises, Norwegian and Royal Caribbean.


13th

President Donald Trump declares a national state of emergency.


13th

The third largest 10K in the country, The Cooper River Bridge Run, postpones from April 4 to August 1.


15th

Schools close in South Carolina.


COVID-19 Imteline - March 2020 continued

15th

The CDC recommends all events consisting of 50 or more postpone or cancel.


Cooper River Bridge Run start

16th

President Donald Trump advises all Americans to avoid gatherings of 10 or more and to halt travel.


16th

NASCAR postpones all races.


17th

The Kentucky Derby postpones until September.


17th

Gov. Henry McMaster issues an executive order requiring the mandatory shutdown of dine-in service in restaurants and bars in South Carolina.


Restaurant closed sign

19th

California issued a statewide stay-at-home order asking residents to leave the house only if necessary.


20th

The nation’s largest city, New York City, becomes the epicenter of the crisis in the United States.


23rd

Gov. Henry McMaster holds a briefing requiring law enforcement to disperse all public gatherings of three or more in South Carolina.


New York, USA

24th

Tokyo 2020 Olympics is postponed until the summer of 2021.


24th

The White House warned people who have been in New York City recently to quarantine themselves for 14 days if they leave the state.


Tokyo Olympic Stadium seen in the background with the Olympic Rings in the foreground

27th

President Donald Trump signed a $2 trillion COVID-19 economic stimulus bill.


The White House

27th

State Parks in South Carolina close through the end of April.


27th

The CDC issued a travel advisory for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, asking residents to refrain from nonessential travel.


29th

President Donald Trump extended his administration’s guidelines on social distancing until April 30.


Covid-19 Timeline - April 2020

1st

Wimbledon cancels its tennis tournament.


Social distancing

1st

All nonessential businesses in South Carolina close.


3rd

The White House and the CDC recommend Americans wear cloth face coverings in public.


6th

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster ordered the state’s 5 million residents to stay home.


A woman wearing a mask druing the COVID-19 pandemic

9th

Another 6.6 million Americans filed first-time unemployment claims, bringing the cumulative total to 16 million in three weeks.


11th

The United States becomes the hardest hit country in the world with COVID-19 deaths.


13th

About 80 million Americans will begin to receive coronavirus pay-outs.


17th

The governor said that all docks and boat landings would reopen with social distancing enforced.


Business open

19th

The governor of South Carolina rolled back the social distancing order now allowing many non-essential businesses to reopen. Many stores could reopen with limited capacity. Beaches were allowed to open at the discretion of local government.


23rd

South Carolina schools shut down for the remainder of the school year.


23rd

April 23, 2020 – South Carolina State Parks announce they will reopen with restrictions on May 1.


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