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On 11 February 2020, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses adopted the official name "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2" (SARS‑CoV‑2). [33] To avoid confusion with the disease SARS , the WHO sometimes refers to SARS‑CoV‑2 as "the COVID-19 virus" in public health communications [ 34 ] [ 35 ] and the name HCoV ...
On January 5, a confirmed case of a new, more contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant from the United Kingdom was reported in Georgia. The patient is an 18-year-old male with no travel history. [5] Also on January 5, the U.S. passed 21 million cases, just four days after passing 20 million cases. [6]
Only one day before the CIA’s statement, the agency’s just-sworn-in director, John Ratcliffe, signalled that a new position on the origins of COVID-19 was coming.
Mexico passed 2 million COVID-19 cases. [87] New Zealand reported no new cases. However, one deceased patient (who had been previously classified as being under investigation) was recognised as a COVID-19 death, bringing the death toll to 26 and the total number to 2,337 (1,981 confirmed and 356 probable).
In the 18 months following containment of the initial outbreak in Wuhan, two COVID-19 deaths were recorded. [512] [513] In December 2022, the Chinese government ended its zero-COVID policy and mass testing following protests across the country. [495] In 2020 and 2021, China was the largest exporter of COVID-19 critical medical products.
The president offered an absolute guarantee Wednesday that people who get their COVID-19 vaccines are completely protected from infection, sickness and death from the coronavirus.
As of 19 September 2021, El Salvador reported 102,024 cases, 3,114 deaths, and 84,981 recoveries. [5] As of that date El Salvador had arrested a total of 2,424 people for violating quarantine orders, and 1,268,090 people had been tested for the virus. [6] On 31 March 2020, the first COVID-19 death in El Salvador was confirmed. [7]
The Netherlands surpassed 2 million COVID-19 cases. [195] New Zealand has reported 45 new cases, bringing the total number to 4,248 (3,892 confirmed and 356 probable). Four have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 3,965. The death toll remains 27. There are 256 active cases (243 in the community and 13 at the border). [196]