Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic spread globally beginning in 2019, leading to widespread health measures, economic disruption, and vaccination campaigns.
Start: 2019-12-31 • Status: ongoing
Timeline
- Dec 31, 2019 — China reported cases of unknown pneumonia in Wuhan. source
- Mar 11, 2020 — World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. source
- Dec 8, 2020 — First COVID-19 vaccines administered in the UK. source
- May 5, 2023 — WHO declared end of COVID-19 global health emergency. source
- Jan 1, 2024 — COVID-19 continued to circulate globally at lower levels. source