February 2 — Global Air Travel Is Restricted By 5 pm on Sunday, those en route to the United States had to have left China or they faced a 2-week home-based quarantine if they had been in Hubei province. Mainland visitors, however, will need to undergo health screenings upon their return, and foreign nationals can even be denied admittance. Other countries started to impose similar air-travel restrictions at this point include Australia, Germany, Italy, and New Zealand. February 3 — US Declares Public Health Emergency WHO d eclared a Global Health Emergency as more than 9800 cases of the virus and more than 200 deaths had been confirmed worldwide. February 10 — China’s COVID-19 Deaths Exceed Those of SARS Crisis The COVID-19 death toll surpasses that of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak from 17 years ago, totalling 908 reported deaths in China in the last month compared with 774 deaths in the SARS crisis....
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