Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the world:
A nurse wheels away a man as the people who brought him to Houston Methodist Hospital watch amid a coronavirus disease outbreak in Houston, Texas, U.S., June 28, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
Jan. 27: The United States warns against travel to China, a day after five people who had been in Wuhan become the first confirmed cases in America.Feb. 1: The United States, Singapore, Russia and Australia ban foreign travelers who were recently in China.Feb. 3: Investors erase $393 billion from China’s benchmark stock index, selling the yuan and dumping commodities on the first day of trade after the Lunar New Year break.
Feb. 7: Hong Kong supermarket shelves are stripped bare as residents hoard toilet paper and other supplies. Feb. 26: The number of new infections inside China is overtaken by those elsewhere for the first time. Italy and Iran emerge as new epicenters. March 3: In a surprise move, the U.S. Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by half a percentage point to try to stem the economic fallout from the epidemic. Markets continue to fall.
March 11: The Bank of England slashes interest rates by half a percentage point. The British government unveils a budget splurge designed to stave off a recession. March 15: New York and Los Angeles, the two largest U.S. cities, order restaurants, bars, theaters and movie houses to close. The Fed cuts interest rates again.
March 24: The International Olympic Committee and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announce the postponement of the 2020 Summer Games. India goes under lockdown. April 7: Early data shows COVID-19 is killing African Americans at a higher rate than the general U.S. population, underscoring disparities in healthcare access.April 10: Global deaths reaches 100,000 and confirmed cases exceed 1.6 million.
May 8: The U.S. economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April, the steepest plunge since the Great Depression. The unemployment rate surges to 14.7%. May 23: Johnson resists calls from British opposition parties to sack his senior adviser, Dominic Cummings, who had traveled 400 km with his son and wife during the lockdown even though she was sick at the time.
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