The World Health Organization (WHO) reinforced China’s falsehoods, saying on Jan. 14 that “Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in Wuhan, China.”
January 5, 2020
WHO publicly acknowledges pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan City.
January 17, 2020
First CDC media briefing on novel coronavirus.
WHO publicly acknowledges pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan City.
January 17, 2020
First CDC media briefing on novel coronavirus.
January 17, 2020
CDC implements entry screening at three U.S. airports for passengers traveling from Wuhan."
CDC implements entry screening at three U.S. airports for passengers traveling from Wuhan."
February 7, 2020
CDC issues interim final rule to amend its Foreign Quarantine regulations, requiring airlines to collect data on their passengers and crew arriving from foreign countries.
CDC issues interim final rule to amend its Foreign Quarantine regulations, requiring airlines to collect data on their passengers and crew arriving from foreign countries.
February 12, 2020
CDC reveals that its testing kits were flawed, leading many authorized labs to have difficulty validating them because of problems with one of the reagents.
CDC reveals that its testing kits were flawed, leading many authorized labs to have difficulty validating them because of problems with one of the reagents.
February 14, 2020
CDC releases COVID-19 “Hospital Preparedness Assessment Tool” to help hospitals prepare for infected patients.
CDC releases COVID-19 “Hospital Preparedness Assessment Tool” to help hospitals prepare for infected patients.
February 22, 2020
CDC officials tell states that only symptomatic patients with travel histories in mainland China were to be tested.
CDC officials tell states that only symptomatic patients with travel histories in mainland China were to be tested.
February 25, 2020
(5 weeks ago)
CDC announces that the pandemic is likely to spread to the United States and will make various mitigation measures necessary.
(5 weeks ago)
CDC announces that the pandemic is likely to spread to the United States and will make various mitigation measures necessary.
February 26, 2020
(5 weeks ago)
CDC emails state and local officials to tell them its “testing capacity is more than adequate to meet current testing demands."
(5 weeks ago)
CDC emails state and local officials to tell them its “testing capacity is more than adequate to meet current testing demands."
February 26, 2020
(But we have plenty of tests)
CDC announces what it believes may be an instance of community spread in California: "the first time this has happened in the United States."
(But we have plenty of tests)
CDC announces what it believes may be an instance of community spread in California: "the first time this has happened in the United States."
Reporting indicates that the patient sought a test on February 19 but was initially rebuffed because of not matching existing testing criteria.
February 28, 2020
(But we have plenty of tests)
CDC widens testing criteria to those with foreign travel in Italy, Iran, Japan, and South Korea, as well as those with respiratory failure severe enough to cause hospitalization regardless of travel.
(But we have plenty of tests)
CDC widens testing criteria to those with foreign travel in Italy, Iran, Japan, and South Korea, as well as those with respiratory failure severe enough to cause hospitalization regardless of travel.
March 4, 2020
(4 weeks ago. We have plenty of tests)
CDC widens testing criteria to allow physician discretion.
(4 weeks ago. We have plenty of tests)
CDC widens testing criteria to allow physician discretion.
March 14, 2020
(2 weeks ago)
CDC issues No Sail Order for all cruise ships.
(2 weeks ago)
CDC issues No Sail Order for all cruise ships.
March 18, 2020
(Less than 2 weeks ago)
Confirmed cases in U.S. pass 10,000.
(Less than 2 weeks ago)
Confirmed cases in U.S. pass 10,000.
