December 31, 2019
The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission of China has reported a group of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Finally, a new type of coronavirus was confirmed.

January 1, 2020

The WHO established an incident management support team at the three levels of the organization (headquarters, regional headquarters, and country level), and the organization entered a state of emergency.

January 4, 2020

WHO reported on social media that a group of pneumonia cases had occurred in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, and there were no deaths.

January 5, 2020

The WHO released the first issue of the organization's "Disease Outbreak News" on the new virus. "Disease Outbreak News" is a major technical publication of the organization for the scientific and public health communities and the global media. This issue contains a risk assessment and recommendations, and reports on the status of patients with clustered pneumonia cases in Wuhan that China has notified the organization and public health measures.

January 10, 2020

WHO issued a set of comprehensive technical guidance online, and based on its knowledge of the virus at the time, it provided all countries with advice on how to detect, detect and manage potential cases. The guidance was shared with the directors responsible for emergency response in each WHO region, who in turn shared it with WHO representatives in various countries.

Based on the experience in SARS and MERS and the known spread of respiratory viruses, WHO has issued infection prevention and control guidance recommendations to protect health workers, and recommended droplet and contact protection measures to be taken when treating patients. And the air protection measures taken by medical staff during operations that can produce aerosols.

January 11-12, 2020

China publicly shared the genetic sequence of COVID-19.

January 13, 2020

Officials confirmed the COVID-19 case in Thailand, which is the first recorded case outside of China.

January 14, 2020

The person in charge of WHO's epidemic response technology pointed out at the media briefing that the coronavirus (in 41 confirmed cases) may have limited human-to-human transmission, mainly through family members, and said it has a wider range The risk of an outbreak within the country. The person in charge also pointed out that considering our experience with SARS, MERS and other respiratory pathogens, human-to-human transmission will not be surprising.

January 20-21, 2020

Experts from the WHO Representative Office in China and the Western Pacific Regional Office conducted a short field trip to Wuhan.

January 22, 2020

The WHO mission to China issued a statement stating that there is evidence of human-to-human transmission in Wuhan, but more investigations are needed to understand the overall situation of transmission.

January 22-23, 2020

In accordance with the International Health Regulations (2005), the Director-General of WHO convened a meeting of the Emergency Committee to assess whether the epidemic constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. Independent committee members from all over the world could not reach a consensus based on the evidence at the time. They requested that the meeting be held again within 10 days after receiving more information.

January 28, 2020

A senior WHO delegation led by the Director-General went to Beijing to meet with Chinese leaders to learn more about China’s response measures and provide various technical assistance.

During his stay in Beijing, Dr. Tedros agreed with the leaders of the Chinese government that an international team of first-class scientists would go to China to learn more about the specific situation and overall response measures, and to exchange information and experience.

January 30, 2020

The Director-General of WHO convened a meeting of the Emergency Committee again. This was earlier than the originally required 10-day period and was only two days after limited human-to-human transmission was first reported outside of China. This time, the Emergency Committee reached a consensus and suggested to the Director General that the epidemic constituted a public health emergency of international concern. The Director General accepted this recommendation and declared that this novel coronavirus outbreak (2019-nCoV) constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. This is the sixth time that WHO has declared a public health emergency of international concern since the International Health Regulations came into effect in 2005.

The World Health Organization pointed out in its January 30 situation report that the total number of confirmed cases worldwide was 7,818, most of which were in China, and 82 cases were reported in 18 countries outside of China. The WHO's risk assessment of China is very high, and the global level is high.

February 3, 2020

The WHO has issued a strategic preparedness and response plan for the international community to help protect countries with weak health systems.

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