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This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, in April 2021. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan , China, in December 2019.
Despite deployment of COVID-19 vaccines, Europe became the pandemic's epicentre once again in late 2021. [9] On 11 January 2022, Dr. Hans Kluge, the WHO Regional Director for Europe said, "more than 50 percent of the population in the region will be infected with Omicron in the next six to eight weeks". [10]
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and first referred to it as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The WHO ended the PHEIC on 5 May 2023.
On 24 April 2021, Germany banned flights from India with effect from 26 April, due to concern about the Delta variant that had emerged in that country and was suspected to be responsible for the steep rise in COVID-19 cases there. Germans and foreigners with German residence permit, among others, would be exempt upon presentation of a negative ...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announced that a quarantine-free travel bubble between New Zealand and Australia would come into force at 11:59 pm on 18 April 2021. To be eligible for quarantine-free travel, people must have tested negative for COVID-19 in the preceding 14-day period. [8]
If you visit a supermarket, your kids may be surprised to learn that in many European countries, customers are expected to bag their own groceries and a coin is required to borrow a shopping cart. 14.
For the first time since 1945, the Rose Parade in Pasadena was canceled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jim Safford stopped by to take a photo of deserted Colorado Boulevard on Jan. 1.
The continent’s vast array of cities, ... the ‘season’ in this Finnish town lasts from mid-August to early April. ... Read more on Europe travel: Best Europe river cruises for 2023.