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COVID-19 TIMELINE - WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) / AUSTRALIA / CHINA
23 March 2020
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“Asking people to stay at home and other physical distancing measures are an important way of slowing down the
spread of the virus and buying time — but they are defensive measures. To win, we need to attack the virus with
aggressive and targeted tactics — testing every suspected case, isolating and caring for every confirmed case, and
tracing and quarantining every close contact,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu says at a press
conference.
23 March 2020
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24 March 2020
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1,680 cases
Thousands line-up to register with Centrelink – online MyGov crashes
Step up coordination and cooperation within such frameworks as the UN and G20, engage in joint prevention and
containment, improve global health governance, help developing countries and other countries in need with capacitybuilding,
and cushion the epidemic's impact on the world economy.
Xi called on all nations to push forward cooperation within the frameworks of the UN and G20, enhance the exchange
and sharing of information and experience, boost collaboration in scientific research, support the WHO in playing its
due role, improve global health governance, increase macro-economic policy coordination so as to stabilize the market,
maintain economic growth, safeguard people's well-being, and keep the global supply chains open, stable and safe.
Cases of COVID-19 surpass 400,000. It took over three months to reach the first 100,000 confirmed cases, 12 days to
reach 200,000, three days to reach 300,000, and two days to reach 400,000.
2050 cases – 8 deaths in Australia
Chinese authorities and experts interacted via a video conference with health professionals across Latin America and
the Caribbean states, sharing COVID-19 prevention and control experience. Attendees were about 200 officials and
experts from 25 countries and representatives from the WHO, UNICEF, Pan American Health Organization and Inter-
American Development Bank.
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