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Sources: World Health Organization,
CNN "Outbreak Timeline Fast Facts"
BBC "Coronavirus: The race to find the source in wildlife" & "How close are we to a vaccine or drug?"
A comprehensive timeline
Coronavirus shocks the world
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In late Dec. 2019, a mysterious illness began to show up in hospitals in Wuhan, China. Cases fastly began spreading across China, and eventually spread across
the globe. As of Mar. 21, the new virus
named COVID-19 has had cases
confirmed in 161 different
countries all around the world.