Thread by @IchbinUjjaini

Covid-19 TIMELINE & REFLECTIONS
by Shams Kabir - 1n
Dec 31
China Informs WHO of new virus
Jan 7
WHO identifies it as a new virus
Jan 11
First death in China
Jan 13
WHO reports case in Thailand
Jan 16
Japan reports a case
USA, Nepal, France, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore...

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South Korea, Vietnam and Taiwan confirmed cases over the following days.
Jan 22 -With more than 550 infections & 22 deaths China locks down Hubei province
Jan 26, the death toll rose to 56, with almost 2,000 cases confirmed as travel restrictions were increased and

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Hong Kong closed its Disneyland and Ocean Park theme parks.
New cases were confirmed in the US, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan and South Korea.
Jan 27 - The death toll in China rose to 106, with 100 in Hubei province. Another 4,515 people in China were reported to be infected.

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There were 2,714 confirmed cases in Hubei province, up from 1,423 the day before.
Jan 30 - WHO declared coronavirus a global emergency as the death toll in China jumped to 170, with 7,711 cases reported in the country, where the virus had spread to all 31 provinces.

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India and the Philippines confirmed their first cases of the virus, with one infected patient in each country.
Feb 12
175 infected aboard Diamond Princess (corny name)
• Rahul Gandhi warns Modi of an impending tragedy. Delhi voting is held the day before

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Deaths in China stand at 1113 & infections at 44653. 14 infections in USA
• Modi announces he is preparing for a memorable visit for Trump.
Feb 22
• Modi is tweeting about Litti Chhokha from Delhi Haat.
Feb 24
Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Afghanistan Oman reported corona cases

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Meanwhile, the number of cases in South Korea ballooned to 833 cases with 7 deaths. The death toll in China rose to 2,595 among 77,262 confirmed cases.
A seventh death was reported in northern Italy.
• Trump is at the Taj Mahal. Delhi is burning

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March 11
WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, as Turkey, Ivory Coast, Honduras and Bolivia confirmed their first cases.
In Qatar, infections jumped drastically from 24 to 262 in a single day.
March 13
•Modi calls on SAARC nations to battle the epidemic together

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March 19
•Modi calls for Janta curfew. A full 5 weeks after Rahul Gandhi's warning.
And Rahul Gandhi's warning came much before any scientists spoke up about it in India.
The timeline shows while all around the world countries were going into seizures Modi was at Delhi Haat

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The day that India detected it's first infection to today - 55 days apart. It is 42 days since Rahul warned the nation. Nothing has been put in place. And it won't either till this tides over. Our only hope is a vaccine. And there too we will face the same inefficiencies.

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The whole of the bureaucracy, all of Niti Ayog, the health ministry, the PMO, and more or less each and every institution have been sleeping at the wheel.
One word has not been spoken about in the whole context of our response. That word is review.

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Do we have any notion of accountability? Or is it that our Supreme Court will ask for a sealed envelope again?
Or is it that Modi will get away with a few tears?

(Written by Shams Kabir in fb)
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