COVID-19 Pandemic

2023

The FBI publicly confirmed that they believed COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.

2022

Japan opened its borders to tourists after two years of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2022

The FDA authorized the first breathalyzer test that detects COVID-19.

2022

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized for hosting a party during the height of Covid-19 lockdowns.

2022

US President Joe Biden announced that Americans no longer needed to wear masks against Covid-19, following guidance released by the CDC.

2022

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted to hosting an illegal party during the first COVID-19 lockdown.

2021

The World Health Organization approved the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.

2021

Johns Hopkins University announced that the number of people who died worldwide due to the Covid-19 pandemic had reached three million.

2021

The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020

President Donald Trump suggested a dangerous theory that injecting disinfectant could cure the Coronavirus.

2020

The price of a barrel of crude oil dipped below zero.

2020

The first known animal contracted Covid-19.

2020

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19.

2020

COVID-19 claimed the life of comedian Eddie Large from 'Little and Large.'

2020

Shenzhen became the first Chinese city to ban eating cats and dogs.

2020

The US announced the suspension of travel from almost all EU nations due to COVID-19.

2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the spread of Covid-19 was now at a Pandemic stage.

2020

The United States suspended travel from Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020

A COVID-19 quarantine hotel collapsed in China, leaving 70 people trapped.

2020

China announced that the Coronavirus had created the country's worst health emergency since 1949.