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#OneYearAgo a "coronavirus #genome from a case of a respiratory disease from the #Wuhan outbreak" was published on #GenBank... 🧐#SARSCoV2

https://twitter.com/JeremyFarrar/status/1215911599191490560

#OneYearAgo "The cluster of infections had raised fears of a potential epidemic after China said last week that the virus causing it was a previously unknown type but came from the same family of viruses that caused the #SARS and #MERS epidemics".🧐
reuters.com/article/us-hea…

#OneYearAgo It was suddenly clear that the virus was travelling fast... any bell ringing?🧐#covid19
cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspecti…

#OneYearAgo - "Had the #nightmare returned? That’s the question many were asking in the first 10 days of this year (...) The outbreak revived memories of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the disease that emerged in China in 2002". #January14th
sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/w…

#OneYearAgo (Jan 15th) "#WHO is preparing for the possibility of a wider outbreak, issuing guidance to hospitals worldwide about infection control in case the virus spreads"...🧐
"How dangerous is China’s latest viral outbreak?" ft.com/content/7a80b8… via @FinancialTimes

@FinancialTimes #OneYearAgo (Jan 16th) "Wuhan virus: Japan case sounds alarm in Asia before Lunar New Year"... did the rest of the World not have enough time to react? 🧐
scmp.com/week-asia/heal… via @SCMPNews

#OneYearAgo/2 (Jan 16th) Prof. Devi Sridhar (@devisridhar),
Professor & Chair of Global Public Health, Edinburgh Univ. Med. School, Director of Global Health Gov (@GlobalHealthGP), answering about how serious #WuhanPneumonia outbreak was... 😬

https://twitter.com/devisridhar/status/1217877514149879808?s=20

#OneYearAgo (Jan 17th) "The CDC and Homeland Security begin screening for Chinese Coronavirus at three major US airports as outbreak spreads in Asia" 🧐cnbc.com/2020/01/17/cdc…

#OneYearAgo/2 (Jan 17th) Meanwhile @JeremyFarrar on Twitter...🧐

https://twitter.com/JeremyFarrar/status/1218219433166090242?s=20

@JeremyFarrar #OneYearAgo (Jan 18th) Meanwhile, a first rapid assessment by @MRC_Outbreak suggests that the outbreak in #Wuhan is likely much larger than the confirmed cases officially detected and reported! 😬
bbc.com/news/health-51…

@JeremyFarrar @MRC_Outbreak #OneYearAgo (Jan 19th) "This outbreak is extremely concerning. Uncertainty and gaps remain, but it is now clear that there is person to person transmission," @JeremyFarrar said... no more doubts it is "potentially serious".🧐
usnews.com/news/world/art…

@JeremyFarrar @MRC_Outbreak #OneYearAgo (Jan 20th) #WHO Director-General
@DrTedros announces an Emergency Committee on the "novel #coronavirus" under the International Health Regulations... it is no longer a matter of being serious or not, it is a matter of "how serious"!🤔

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1219317208205209600?s=20

@JeremyFarrar @MRC_Outbreak @DrTedros #OneYearAgo (Jan 21st) First reported case of novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the #UnitedStates! 😬

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1219736700093632513?s=20

@JeremyFarrar @MRC_Outbreak @DrTedros #OneYearAgo (Jan 22nd) #WHO publishes an interim guidance "to help countries manage the new #coronavirus", including a "draft list of supplies needed for laboratories and health centers managing a new #coronavirus".🧐

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1219997879152062465?s=20

@JeremyFarrar @MRC_Outbreak @DrTedros #OneYearAgo (Jan 23rd) Press conference on the #WHO Emergency Committee meeting on new #coronavirus (2019-nCoV)... 🤨

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1220410701354807297?s=20

#OneYearAgo/2 (Jan 23rd) "In unprecedented move, China locks down megacity to curb virus spread"... what else should have triggered the attention and preparedness of health authorities around the #World? 🤨 #covid19 #lockdown
xinhuanet.com/english/2020-0…

#OneYearAgo (Jan 24th) @TheLancet published online "A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern", including a first "timeline of early stages of 2019-nCoV outbreak"!🧐
thelancet.com/journals/lance…

#OneYearAgo/2 (Jan 24th) Worth noting: "As an RNA virus, 2019-nCoV still has the inherent feature of a high mutation rate, (...) This aspect provides the possibility (...) to adapt to become more efficiently transmitted from person to person and possibly become more virulent".🧐

#OneYearAgo/3 (Jan 24th) Worth noting: "(...) precautions need to be taken to prevent nosocomial spread of the virus. (...) We need to be wary of the current outbreak turning into a sustained epidemic or even a pandemic"!🧐

#OneYearAgo/4 (Jan 24th) Worth noting: "We have to be aware of the challenge and concerns brought by 2019-nCoV to our community. Every effort should be given to understand and control the disease, and THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW". Time to act was NOW... one year ago! 🧐

#OneYearAgo/5 (Jan 24th) Researchers from China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital published an article on the @TheLancet on "clinical features of patients infected with the new coronavirus"...! 🤔thelancet.com/journals/lance…

@TheLancet #OneYearAgo (Jan 25th) Here it is! "French health authorities have confirmed three cases of the novel #coronavirus. The first confirmed cases in #Europe are not unexpected given the previous detection of cases in countries outside of #China"! 🤨

https://twitter.com/ECDC_Outbreaks/status/1221025397221076992?s=20

#OneYearAgo/2 (Jan 25th) Meanwhile "Doctors warn #China #coronavirus carriers may show no symptoms of illness"... 😬#asymptomatic #covid19
scmp.com/news/china/soc… via @SCMPNews

#OneYearAgo/3 (Jan 25th) @ImperialMed estimates
transmission of #coronavirus at 2.6 (average), lower than the 3.8 of first published estimates but still very serious! According to Dr.@neil_ferguson "containment of this epidemic shall be very difficult"!😬 imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-inf…

#OneYearAgo/4 (Jan 25th)
Dr. @neil_ferguson: "we need to plan for the possibility containment of this epidemic isn’t possible"... seems we did not plan very carefully! 🤨#covid19

@neil_ferguson #OneYearAgo (Jan 26th) @ECDC_EU publishes "#Risk assessment: outbreak of acute respiratory syndrome associated with a novel #coronavirus, China; First cases imported in the EU/EEA; second update"! 🧐ecdc.europa.eu/en/publication…

#OneYearAgo/2 (Jan 26th) "HOW TO REACT TO PANDEMICS" by @normonics, @yaneerbaryam, and @nntaleb... could we not have reacted better one year ago?🤔

https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1221486205847646208?s=20

@normonics @yaneerbaryam @nntaleb #OneYearAgo (Jan 27th) "#China #coronavirus: mayor of #Wuhan admits mistakes"... “We haven’t disclosed information in a timely manner and also did not use effective information to improve our work”! 🤔theguardian.com/science/2020/j…

#OneYearAgo/2 (Jan 27th) Meanwhile #WHO "admitted an error on Monday in its risk assessment of China's deadly virus". 😬

"Confusion as WHO corrects China virus global risk level (Update)". medicalxpress.com/news/2020-01-c… via @medical_xpress

@medical_xpress #OneYearAgo (Jan 28th) Key questions emerged... what about the answers? 🤔 #covid19Europe

"How prepared is Europe for an outbreak of the novel coronavirus?" aje.io/r3hfc via @AJEnglish

@medical_xpress @AJEnglish #OneYearAgo (Jan 29th) "Whole world must be ready to deal with #coronavirus, says #WHO"... should have been more direct and explicit? 🤨 #PandemicPlan

theguardian.com/world/2020/jan…

@medical_xpress @AJEnglish #OneYearAgo (Jan 30th) The escalation is accelerating... "#WHO declares #coronavirus a global health #Emergency". It is really interesting to observe how countries prepared to respond to such an emergency from now on! 🤔

theguardian.com/world/2020/jan…

#OneYearAgo/2 (Jan 30th) "What if this #coronavirus is the #pandemic that public health people have been warning about for years?" 🤔

https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1222921758375927808?s=20

#OneYearAgo (Jan 31st) Meanwhile, "the virus's explosive spread has been met by an unprecedented, mad rush by scientists to uncover its origins, find treatments that can help infected people, and develop vaccines"! 🧐
science.sciencemag.org/content/367/64…

#OneYearAgo/2 (Jan 31st) BTW, it is worth noting that the
#phylogenetic analysis of the small differences/#mutations of #SARSCoV2 has been used since the beginning of #covid19 pandemic to track the spreading of #virus... 🧐

#OneYearAgo/3 (Jan 31st)
Quite a difference after one year... and the more opportunities we give to #SARSCoV2 to spread the higher is the probability to generete larger differences/#variants with all the possible implications!🧐
nextstrain.org/ncov/global

#OneYearAgo (Feb 1st) Meanwhile, another armful #pandemic begins to emerge... "#Xenophobia 'Is A Pre-Existing Condition.' How Harmful #Stereotypes and #Racism are Spreading Around the #Coronavirus". 🧐

time.com/5775716/xenoph…

#OneYearAgo (Feb 2nd) "Italian scientists isolate DNA sequence of coronavirus"... and the Italian discovery will be shared worlwide. Well, one of the thousands of sequences shared wordwide since then! 🧐 euronews.com/2020/02/02/ita…

#OneYearAgo/2 (Feb 2nd) Seems almost certain now: "The #Wuhan #coronavirus spreading from China is now likely to become a #pandemic that circles the globe, according to experts". Seems logical for all countries around the World to begin preparing...🤔

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1224067508107386882?s=20

#OneYearAgo/3 (Feb 2nd) One of the critical aspects emerges immediately... @ECDC_EU: "Infection prevention and control and preparedness for #COVID19 in #healthcare settings"! 🧐
ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/…

ecdc.europa.eu/en/publication…

@ECDC_EU #OneYearAgo (Feb 3rd) "Coronavirus tally in epicentre Wuhan may be ‘just the tip of the iceberg’"... "Medical experts say official number might not reflect true scale of the outbreak as many patients may be undiagnosed"! 🤔 scmp.com/news/china/soc…

#OneYearAgo (Feb 4th) "Built Under 2 Weeks, China Open #Coronavirus Hospital At Outbreak Zone." And the rest of the world... just watching? 🤔
ndtv.com/world-news/chi… via @ndtv

#OneYearAgo/2 (Feb 4th) Key questions emerge more and more often... "Coronavirus is a deadly test: did the world learn the lessons of Sars? | @JennyRohn
Cell biologist at @ucl". 🤔theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

#OneYearAgo/3 (Feb 4th) And #WHO publishes a dedicated "Strategic preparedness and response plan for the novel coronavirus". 🧐
who.int/docs/default-s…

who.int/publications/i…

#OneYearAgo (Feb 5th) "#Coronavirus: 10 passengers stuck on #DiamondPrincess cruise ship infected"... the first 10 passengers! 🧐

scmp.com/news/asia/east…?

#OneYearAgo/2 (Feb 5th) Meanwhile... "#Coronavirus impact on sport: ‘serious concerns’ for #Tokyo2020 #Olympics"! 🤔

theweek.co.uk/coronavirus/10…

#OneYearAgo/3 (Feb 5th) And shortage of #facemasks begins to emerge... "Desperate scenes in #HongKong as 10,000 queue for masks amid #coronavirus"!🤔

scmp.com/news/hong-kong…

#OneYearAgo (Feb 6th) #Coronavirus & #ToiletPaper... "Panic buying rages as Hong Kong government silent on coming quarantine move"! 🤔 scmp.com/news/hong-kong…

#OneYearAgo/2 (Feb 6th) "Global fears rise as more coronavirus cases found on cruise ship"... and "Two dozen countries have confirmed cases of the respiratory disease"! 😬 timesofisrael.com/global-fears-r… via @TimesofIsrael

#OneYearAgo/3 (Feb 6th) And in Europe... "Third case of coronavirus confirmed in the UK"! 😬manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/t…

#OneYearAgo (Feb 7th) #LiWenliang, the whistleblowing Chinese doctor who was initially punished for trying to raise the alarm about #coronavirus, confirmed dead... "'Hero who told the truth': Chinese rage over coronavirus death of whistleblower doctor"! 🤔 theguardian.com/global-develop…

#OneYearAgo/2 (Feb 7th) #LiWenliang story didn't go unnoticed in #China: "Coronavirus doctor’s death a catalyst for ‘freedom of speech’ demands"! 🤔 scmp.com/news/china/pol… via @SCMPNews

#OneYearAgo/3 (Feb 7th) And some time later China declared whistleblower doctor #LiWenliang a "martyr"...
"the highest honorary title which the Party and state award to citizens who bravely sacrifice their lives for the nation, society and the people"!🧐 chinadaily.com.cn/a/202004/02/WS…

#OneYearAgo (Feb 8th) Meanwhile "#Shanghai adds #aerosol infection to coronavirus risk list"... good to know for those who discovered #aerosol after one year! 🙄

scmp.com/news/china/soc… via @SCMPNews

@SCMPNews #OneYearAgo (Feb 9th) A scary new fact, with all its possibile implications: "#Coronavirus is airborne, Chinese official confirms", via @nzherald 😬nzherald.co.nz/world/coronavi…

#OneYearAgo/2 (Feb 9th) Another scary fact: "Officials finally began to seal the borders on Jan. 23. But it was too late. Speaking to reporters a few days after the city was put under quarantine, the mayor estimated that 5 mil people had already left".😬
apnews.com/article/c42eab…

#OneYearAgo/3 (Feb 9th) However, "#Coronavirus cases in #Wuhan may be nearing peak, study finds | The Japan Times"... 🧐 japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/02/0…

#OneYearAgo (Feb 10th) @WHO: "A lot of people are asking, where is the #2019nCoV #outbreak going? Is it getting better, is it getting worse?" 🤔

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1226886652922138624?s=20

@WHO #OneYearAgo (Feb 11th) Worst case scenarios suggest a more active involvement of other countries: "Coronavirus 'could infect 60% of global population if unchecked'"! 😬 theguardian.com/world/2020/feb…

#OneYearAgo/2 (Feb 11th) Again the same question: "Pandemic peril – is the #EU ready? – Euranet Plus inside". 🤔
euranetplus-inside.eu/pandemic-peril… via @EuranetPlus

#OneYearAgo/3 (Feb 11th) "Italian Health Minister: #Coronavirus Is Not a Justifiable Reason to Reintroduce #Schengen Borders"... what about the "external borders"? 🤔
schengenvisainfo.com/news/italian-h… via @schengen_info

@schengen_info #OneYearAgo (Feb 12th) "Mobile World Congress canceled because of coronavirus outbreak"... most certainly the risk of transforming the exhibition in Barcelona into one single large and global #superspreading event was too high! 😬

edition.cnn.com/2020/02/12/tec…

#OneYearAgo/2 (Feb 12th) "#COVID19: What markets should watch now"... 🧐channelnewsasia.com/news/business/…

#OneYearAgo/3 (Feb 12th) Meanwhile... we discover the importance of #ContactTracing: "Beyond R0: the importance of contact tracing when predicting epidemics"!🧐

medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

#OneYearAgo (Feb 13th) No doubts it is spreading... "What we know about the #coronavirus cases in the US" via @CNN

edition.cnn.com/2020/01/27/hea…

@CNN #OneYearAgo (Feb 14th) "It may be too late to contain the new coronavirus. But we can safeguard the world against the next one"... "How to Stop the #NextPandemic Before it Starts"!🤔

foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/14/chi…

#OneYearAgo (Feb 15th) We know better the meaning of #lockdown... "#China's unprecedented #quarantine of 11 million people in #Wuhan is 3 weeks old. Here's what it's like in the isolated city". 🤔businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavi… via @BusinessInsider

@businessinsider #OneYearAgo (Feb 16th) #WHO Situation Report #27: "Studies to assess the epidemiology & clinical characteristics of #COVID19 cases in different settings are critical to furthering our understanding of this #coronavirus & associated disease".🧐

bit.ly/2vyWxlv?

@businessinsider #OneYearAgo (Feb 17th) "Yet again, the world is experiencing a global viral epidemic of zoonotic origin. (...) One issue is how prepared the world's health systems are to respond to an outbreak of this scale." 🧐@TheLancet thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

@BusinessInsider @TheLancet #OneYearAgo (Feb 18th) When will the coronavirus outbreak peak? "a prominent Chinese physician leading a panel of experts helping to control the outbreak, said that the coronavirus will possibly peak by the end of February"... in Wuhan! 🤔

nature.com/articles/d4158…

@BusinessInsider @TheLancet #OneYearAgo (Feb 19th) "@WHO is working with an international network of statisticians and mathematical modelers to estimate key epidemiologic parameters of #COVID19"!🧐
who.int/docs/default-s…

@BusinessInsider @TheLancet @WHO #OneYearAgo (Feb 20th) Ready for the nest step: "Early epidemiological analysis of the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak based on crowdsourced data: a population-level observational study"! 🧐 thelancet.com/journals/landi…

#OneYearAgo (Feb 21st) Suddenly, two clusters emerge in Italy... Health Minister Roberto Speranza said: "Italy is ready. We had already prepared a plan because it was evident that what happened could happen"! What if Italy would not have been ready? 🤔
ansa.it/english/news/g…

#OneYearAgo (Feb 22nd) Dr.@DrTedros said the window of opportunity to contain the virus was "narrowing". Chinese health authorities reported a decrease in deaths and new cases. But cases were on the rise in South Korea, Italy, Iran and other countries.😬
bbc.com/news/world-asi…

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