Events that happened across the world.

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8 April -Another city in China is placed on lockdown
7 April -Japan to declare state of emergency
6 April -New York City official says they will use parks for burials
5 April -Boris Johnson admitted to hospital
4 April -New York will peak, says governor
3 April -China begins to reopen its wet markets
1 April -All Israelis must wear face-masks in public
1 April -Brazil confirms first indigenous case in the Amazon
31 March -Trump warns of "very painful" weeks ahead
31 March -Testing kits sent to the U.K. contaminated with COVID
30 March -Brooklyn man arrested for hoarding supplies, price gouging, coughing on FBI
30 March -U.K. to begin reporting people who died outside hospitals
30 March -Austria makes basic face masks compulsory in supermarkets
30 March -Dead bodies loaded onto refrigeration trucks in New York
30 March -Trump backs down on Easter date, won't reopen until May
29 March -25% of Britain's NHS doctors are out sick or in isolation
29 March -Trump: They are taking out bodies in trucks, I've never seen anything like it
29 March -German state finance minister commits suicide
29 March -Netherlands recalls 600,000 masks from hospitals for being defective after being bought from China
29 March -Boris Johnson furious, thinks China has 40 times more cases than claimed
29 March -Moscow put into lockdown
28 March -Trump: You can call it a germ, a flu, a virus. I'm not sure anybody knows what it is
28 March -China bans foreign visitors after imported coronavirus cases rise
28 March -NYPD has nearly 700 positive coronavirus cases; about 12% of the workforce out sick
27 March -Police in the Philippines put lockdown violators in dog cages
27 March -Boris Johnson shook hands with coronavirus patients
27 March -China closes all movie theaters again after hundreds reopen
27 March -45 doctors with coronavirus have died in Italy
27 March -U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson infected with coronavirus
26 March -Chinese company amassed Australian supplies and shipped them out
25 March -Worker at NYC hospital where nurses wear trash bags as protection dies
25 March -Prince Charles has tested positive for coronavirus
25 March -At least 40 new infections confirmed in Tokyo
24 March -Unemployment claims reach nearly one million in Canada
24 March -Germany says six million coronavirus face masks missing in Kenya
24 March -34-year-old infected nurse commits suicide
23 March -Madrid ice skating rink to be turned into temporary morgue
23 March -Hospital in Spain run out of beds, patients put on the floor
22 March -Virus takes hold in Africa, Nigerians killed by Chloroquine poisoning
20 March -China's instructions to spread misinformation on the internet leaked
20 March -U.K. closes bars, restaurants, and public places
19 March -Saudi Arabia shuts down public transport
19 March -Crematoriums in Spain are overwhelmed, unable to keep up
18 March -Ecuador police block runway to stop European flights from landing
18 March -37-year-old enforcement agent dies in Spain, no previous conditions
18 March -Italian crematories overwhelmed, military takes coffins to other regions
18 March -U.S. member of Congress infected
18 March -U.S. Air Force quietly imported 500,000 testing kits from Italy to Memphis
18 March -Dutch health minister collapses during parliament debate
17 March -Italy rushes 10,000 med students into service, scrapping final exam
17 March -Robbers grab 100,000 surgical masks at gunpoint in Ukraine
16 March -Monaco's prime minister tests positive for coronavirus
16 March -1,350 inmates escape from prison in Brazil amid virus panic
16 March -Netherlands to adopt 'herd immunity' strategy
16 March -Netherlands shuts down schools, cafes, clubs
16 March -Canada shuts down borders
16 March -San Francisco and most Bay Area on lockdown
16 March -Los Angeles under lockdown
15 March -Norway shuts down ports, airports
15 March -U.S. States close restaurants and bars
15 March -Benjamin Netanyahu tests negative for coronavirus, according to Israel
15 March -Seattle healthcare at breaking point
15 March -Chinese cities locked down again as new wave hits
15 March -U.K. cancels 'herd immunity' plan amid controversy
15 March -Germany to close borders with Austria, France, Switzerland
15 March -Bolsonaro tests negative for coronavirus, according to Brazil
15 March -Trump tests negative for coronavirus, White House says
14 March -France shuts down public places
14 March -Italian healthcare at breaking point
13 March -Greece to shut down shopping malls and cafes
13 March -Most German states shut down schools
13 March -Portugal closes schools
13 March -Denmark shuts down borders
13 March -Turkey shuts down schools and universities
13 March -More than 100 U.S. colleges move classes online
13 March -Spain declares state of emergency
13 March -Spain uses hotels as hospitals
13 March -Trump declares NATIONAL EMERGENCY
12 March -Federal Reserve injects $1.5 trillion into markets
12 March -Australia expects 1.5 million infected
12 March -13 million in Manila placed under lockdown
11 March -World Health Organization declares PANDEMIC
11 March -Scientific meeting on coronaviruses cancelled due to coronavirus
10 March -U.K. health minister tests positive
10 March -New York to deploy National Guard
9 March -French culture minister infected
9 March -Virus travels 4.5 meters, stays in air for 30 minutes
8 March -25% of Italy's population quarantined
8 March -CDC approvals delay testing in New York
7 March -U.K. supermarkets begin rationing
7 March -70 trapped after quarantine hotel collapses in China
7 March -Northern Italy put on lockdown
7 March -New York declares state of emergency
7 March -Italy to prioritize those most likely to survive
7 March -eBay bans sale of masks and related items
6 March -U.S. Prepares for 4.8 million hospitalizations
6 March -Man tasered after fight over toilet paper
6 March -Police in Indonesia seize over 60,000 masks
5 March -French lawmaker tests positive
4 March -Italy to close all schools and universities
4 March -Evidence shows that COVID-19 can invade nervous systems, just like SARS and MERS
4 March -Coronavirus case confirmed at EU office in Brussels
3 March -Iran frees 54,000 prisoners to combat spread
3 March -Fed cuts interest rates by 0.5% in attempt to stop market crash
3 March -Masks to be confiscated, redistributed in France
3 March -8% of Iran's parliament has tested positive for coronavirus
1 March -Texas patient released from isolation later tests positive
1 March -10% of cases in Italy require intensive care
29 February -U.S. Postal service worker tests positive
29 February -Infected man dragged back into hospital mid-interview
29 February -Washington State confirms first US death
29 February -France bans indoor mass gatherings
27 February -Iranian vice president infected
27 February -Japanese Prime Minister requests closure of elementary, middle, and high schools
25 February -Man tests positive in Brazil
25 February -Iranian deputy health minister tests positive for coronavirus
25 February -CDC warns Americans of 'significant disruption'
25 February -Canadians told to prepare for a pandemic
24 February -Global stocks tank as investors brace for pandemic
24 February -Infected South Korean health official is member of cult
24 February -World must prepare for pandemic, says WHO
23 February -Iran shuts down schools and universities
23 February -50,000 people under lockdown in Italy
22 February -White House Fears Effect of Coronavirus on Election
21 February -South Korean cult spreads coronavirus
21 February -Coronavirus-infected Americans flown home against CDC's advice
21 February -Italy closes three train stations
21 February -Wuhan to build 19 more hospitals
21 February -Codogno, Italy closes public places
20 February -Iran taking emergency measures after two deaths
20 February -COVID may become chronic seasonal disease like influenza, says People's Daily of China
20 February -South Korea struggling to find enough beds
20 February -Tokyo cancels indoor events for 3 weeks
20 February -Wuhan biolab sold lab animals as wild-caught to wet markets
18 February -30 doctors quarantined in the United Kingdom
17 February -More than 700 in public health supervision in Washington
16 February -Hubei enters lockdown
13 February -Japan reports first death from coronavirus
11 February -Infected patient mistakenly released in San Diego, California
10 February -Emergency declared in Santa Clara, California
8 February -Chinese officials scrambling to keep food flowing to cities on lockdown
8 February -American man with coronavirus dies in China
6 February -Global container shipping trade disrupted
6 February -China rounds up infected into concentration camps in Wuhan
5 February -Cruise ship potentially infected in Hong Kong
4 February -Diamond Princess Cruise Ship quarantined in Japan
3 February -World Health Organization declares global emergency
2 February -First death outside China recorded in Phillipines
1 February -Multiple countries restrict travel from China
31 January -USA bans entry of borders with China
30 January -Neighboring countries close borders to China
30 January -COVID-19 surpasses SARS outbreak in less than a month
30 January -Cruise Ship quarantined in Italy
29 January -Airlines suspend flights from China
28 January -World Health Organization sets threat level as HIGH
25 January -Hubei adding 100,000 beds in effort to contain outbreak
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