date,event
2020-01-11,"China reports its first coronavirus fatality"
2020-01-20,"First confirmed case reported in U.S."
2020-01-23,"Chinese officials lock down Wuhan"
2020-01-30,"WHO declares a global health emergency"
2020-02-05,"First cruise ship quarantined off Japan"
2020-02-07,"Whistle-blower Chinese doctor dies of virus"
2020-02-11,"WHO officially renames novel coronavirus, Covid-19"
2020-02-29,"First U.S. virus death reported, a nursing home worker"
2020-02-14,"France reports first Covid-19 death"
2020-02-23,"Coronavirus surges in Italy"
2020-02-26,"Iran emerges as a worldwide hotspot, as Latin America reports first case"
2020-03-03,"CDC lifts federal testing restrictions"
2020-03-06,"Event cancellations start in U.S. as college campuses close"
2020-03-11,"The WHO declares Covid-19 a global pandemic"
2020-03-12,"NBA season suspended, stock market plummets, Tom Hanks tests positive"
2020-03-13,"Trump declares national emergency"
2020-03-17,"E.U. blocks travel to 26 of their countries"
2020-03-20,"Virus ravages New York City; ventilators scarce and hospitals besieged"
2020-03-24,"Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021; India initiates 3-week lockdown"
2020-03-27,"Trump signs first stimulus bill in response to pandemic"
2020-03-30,"More U.S. states require sheltering-in-place"
2020-04-02,"10 million American are out of work as economy comes to a halt"
2020-04-06,"U.S. reaches grim milestone of 10,000 deaths; rates continue to climb"