The nation's health agency reported a significant increase in confirmed cases on 20 February,South Korea introduced what was considered the largest and best-organised programme in the world to screen the population for the virus, isolate any infected people, and trace and quarantine those who contacted them.On 23 March, it was reported that South Korea had the lowest one-day case total in four weeks.Although it was originally thought the pandemic reached France on 24 January 2020, when the first COVID-19 case in Europe was confirmed in The outbreak was confirmed to have spread to Italy on 31 January, when two Chinese tourists tested positive for SARS‑CoV‑2 in Rome.On 22 February, the Council of Ministers announced a new decree-law to contain the outbreak, including quarantining more than 50,000 people from eleven different municipalities in northern Italy.On 4 March, the Italian government ordered the full closure of all schools and universities nationwide as Italy reached a hundred deaths.
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As a result, several famines are forecast, which the Most governments around the world have temporarily closed educational institutions in an attempt to contain the spread of School closures impact not only students, teachers, and families.In several countries there has been a marked reduction of spread of The worldwide disruption caused by the pandemic has resulted in numerous impacts on the However, the outbreak has also provided cover for illegal activities such as Since the start of the outbreak, heightened prejudice, xenophobia, and racism have been documented around the world toward people of Chinese and East Asian descent.Following the progression of the outbreak to new hotspot countries, people from Italy (the first country in Europe to experience In China, xenophobia and racism against non-Chinese residents has been inflamed by the pandemic; a comic posted on Weibo described foreigners as "foreign garbage" targeted for "disposal".Ongoing COVID-19 research is indexed and searchable in the Misinformation has been propagated by celebrities, politicians"2019-2020 outbreak" redirects here.
For other uses, see Confirmed cases per 100,000 population as of 12 August 2020Total confirmed cases per country as of 12 August 2020Confirmed deaths per million population as of 2 August 2020A temporary hospital for treating mild cases of COVID-19 in Impact of coronavirus outbreak on environmental issuesThe term of art used by epidemiologists is "close contact" which is defined as less than one metre (~3.3 feet) by the WHOAn uncovered cough can travel up to 8.2 metres (27 feet).As per the letter to WHO publicly released in April, Taiwan did not formally warn the WHO, it merely suspected and took domestic regulations. With a total number of almost 272,000 cases, Brazil became the country with the third-highest number of cases, following Russia and the United States.According to Michael Yao, WHO's head of emergency operations in Africa, early detection is vital because the continent's health systems "are already overwhelmed by many ongoing disease outbreaks".Cases have been confirmed in all African countries, with On 19 May 2020, Australia filed a motion with the UN for an inquiry into the origins of the virus, and the response of the UN and governments.