COVID-19 pandemic

Period

December 2019 – May 2023

Map

Epidemics map

The global COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It spread to other parts of Asia and then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 and assessed it as having become a pandemic on 11 March. The WHO declared that the public health emergency caused by COVID-19 had ended in May 2023, while noting that COVID-19 continued to be a global health threat.

Sources: Wikipedia — COVID-19 pandemic · CC BY-SA 4.0

Earlier and later events nearby

1. 1405–1433Ming treasure voyages
2. 1850–1864Taiping Rebellion
3. 1937–1938Nanjing Massacre
4. December 2019 – May 2023COVID-19 pandemicThis page
5. 2019–2023COVID-19 pandemic

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