Events of 2020 .. in the early days of the crisis
2020 is an eventful year ... China is witnessing cases of pneumonia, later known as the Coronavirus
People leave Wuhan after discovering the Corona virus.
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At the beginning of 2020, the world woke up to a new virus that seemed to spread and invade, and it would have threatened the world with a catastrophe that it had never known before had it not been for the concerted international efforts in the end to produce a vaccine that promises to eliminate it, and the world is looking forward soon to the departure of this virus and the return of life to its normal course .
The beginnings of this virus were when the Chinese government detected, in early January of 2020, cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, and the Chinese health authorities confirmed that dozens of people in the city were receiving treatment for infection from an unknown source.
A number of infected people had visited a live animal market in Wuhan, but the authorities say there is no evidence of the virus spreading from person to person.
As of January 6, the Chinese authorities have reported 59 cases of this mysterious disease, and the World Health Organization has also been informed of 44 of those cases.
At the same time, 11 of these patients were suffering from severe cases, and 121 other contacts were monitored for any sign of the nature of the disease.
The first victim of the Corona virus
On January 11, Chinese state media announced the first death from what was later known to the emerging corona virus, a 61-year-old man who had visited the live animal market in Wuhan.
On January 21, the first confirmed case appeared in the United States, and this case was discovered after a man in his thirties from Washington state, who had traveled to Wuhan, was diagnosed with Japan, South Korea and Thailand also reported their first cases one day before.
A strict lockdown on Wuhan
China imposed strict containment measures on Wuhan on January 23, the epicenter of the outbreak, suspending flights and trains, and shutting down subways, buses and ferries in an attempt to stop the spread of the virus.
Global health emergencies
On January 30, the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency, followed by the death of more than 304 people and the injury of 14,500 worldwide, and the application of quarantine measures to millions in China, European countries, Russia, the United States, and even Arab countries.
Trump and the Conspiracy Theory
On February 26, Trump said in a tweet on Twitter that he would hold a press conference at the White House attended by representatives of the Centers for Disease Control and other health professionals.
He pointed out that the conference will be held after the spread of incorrect news about the spread of the disease in the United States, which created a state of panic and panic.
Trump accused Democrats and media outlets like CNN of exaggerating and damaging markets.
"Because of our great efforts, the risks to the American people have decreased dramatically," Trump said at the White House.
"Whatever happens, we are fully prepared," he said, adding at a later time: "There is a possibility that it will get worse. There is a possibility that things will get worse somewhat dramatically."
Covid-19 is a global epidemic
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced on March 11 that the United Nations organization had come to consider the new Corona virus that causes the "Covid-19" disease, which is spreading around the globe as a "global epidemic."
He added that the number of people infected with the emerging coronavirus (Covid-19) has reached the level of the global epidemic.
"The World Health Organization is assessing this outbreak around the clock, and we are deeply concerned about the alarming levels and intensity of the spread, as well as the alarming levels of inaction," he said.
The UN official revealed that the number of cases infected with "Covid-19" outside the center of the disease in China has increased 13-fold in the last two weeks, and the number of countries affected by it has tripled.
The number of cases worldwide reached 118,000 in 114 countries, and 4,291 people died.
Despite declaring the disease a global pandemic or a "pandemic", which is understood as a difficult to control outbreak that is spreading globally, Tedros stressed that it is still possible to reduce the number of infections by adopting firm health policy measures.
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The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced on March 11, 2020, that the United Nations organization has come to consider the emerging corona virus that causes the "Covid-19" disease, which is spreading around the globe as a "global epidemic."
At the White House, Trump said: "Due to our great efforts, the risks to the American people have decreased dramatically." A year ago
The year 2020 celebrated events that changed the world forever and became history, starting with the first spread of the deadly Corona virus in Wuhan, China, through protests in Belarus, ending with the defeat of US President Donald Trump, and the cyber attack on the United States, all of these stations formed a milestone In this year, and in what follows, we monitor the most important facts of those events, as we look to a new year:
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