Covid19 timeline WHO China Aust

COVID-19 TIMELINE - WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) / AUSTRALIA / CHINA
9 January 2020
China timeline
China informed the WHO about the epidemic, sharing with the WHO the initial progress in determining the cause of
the viral pneumonia in Wuhan. The WHO released on its website a statement regarding a cluster of pneumonia cases
in Wuhan, saying that preliminary identification of a novel coronavirus in a short period of time is a notable
achievement. China reports first death linked to the new coronavirus, 2019-nCoV. A 61-year-old male admitted to
hospital in Wuhan with several underlying medical conditions. Apart from respiratory failure and severe pneumonia, the
patient also suffered from abdominal tumors and chronic liver disease.
10 January 2020
China timeline
12 January 2020
China timeline
13 January 2020
China timeline
Head of the NHC Ma Xiaowei talked over phone with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus about the
epidemic response.
Head of China CDC exchanged information over phone with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The China CDC shared with the WHO the specific primers and probes for detecting the novel coronavirus.
The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission changed the name of "viral pneumonia of unknown cause" to "pneumonia
caused by the novel coronavirus" for the first time in a briefing.
The China CDC, the CAMS and the WIV under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), as designated agencies of the
NHC, submitted to the WHO the genome sequence of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was published by the
Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) and shared globally.
The NHC shared with the WHO about information on the genome sequence of the novel coronavirus.
China shares the genetic sequence of the novel coronavirus, helping countries in testing and tracing any potentially
infected people.
The NHC held a meeting to instruct Wuhan authorities to further strengthen social management measures and body
temperature monitoring of people at ports and stations, as well as reduce crowd gathering.
The WHO issued on its official website a statement on the discovery of the novel coronavirus cases in Thailand,
pointing out that China's sharing of the genome sequence enabled more countries to quickly diagnose patients.
2