Covid-19: 100 days since the outbreak of new coronavirus

Covid-19: 100 days since the outbreak of new coronavirus

A timeline charting the global rampage of the pandemic, which has left tens of thousands of people dead.. Tuesday, April 7, 2020 marked�100 days since the World Health Organisation (WHO) was made aware of a mystery disease�in China which saw a clutch of people fall ill in the city of Wuhan�on December 31 last year.. Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that cause�illness in humans and animals.. Coronaviruses cause intestinal�and respiratory�illnesses in humans and animals.. The�outbreak of a mystery respiratory illness in the central Chinese city of Wuhan leaves 27 people with viral pneumonia - seven of whom are in a serious condition in hospital.. The number of confirmed cases increases�to 44, most of which have been traced to the South China Seafood City food market in Wuhan, where products�are reported to include wild animals that carry viruses dangerous to humans.. The World Health Organization (WHO) says a new coronavirus could be behind a pneumonia epidemic documented in December in the Chinese city of Wuhan.. China announces its first death in Wuhan, that of a�61-year-old man with "severe underlying health issues".. Through January, cases emerge outside China.. New cases are reported in Beijing and Shenzhen, as the death toll rises