Pandemic Timeline

Month: March 2020

Pres. Trump signs Proclamation 9994: Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak

In December 2019, a novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (“the virus”) was first detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China, causing outbreaks of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 that has now spread globally.  The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared a public health emergency on January 31, 2020, under section 319 of…