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April 2012
- Six miners in Yunnan were hospitalised with symptoms very similar to a SARS-CoV-2 infection after catching coronavirus strain RaTG13/CoV4991. Three miners died. Wuhan Institute of Virology researchers collected tissue samples, and later visited the caves to acquire more material.
October 2014
- US government ceases funding of gain-of-function research that makes viruses more dangerous, pending further risk assessment.
November 2015
- Research into a lab-made coronavirus related to SARS-CoV stirred debate over whether the pandemic potential was worth the risk.
December 2017
March 2018
- EcoHealth Alliance submits grant proposal to DARPA to insert furin cleavage sites into SARS-CoV viruses to more efficiently bind to human cells
January 2019
March 2019
May 2019
June 2019
July 2019
- EVALI 'outbreak' in Wisconsin with symptoms very similar to those of SARS-CoV-2 infections
- Unknown respiratory illness outbreak in Virginia nursing home sickens dozens of elderly residents with fever and pneumonia
August 2019
September 2019
October 2019
- 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, with 9,308 athletes from 109 countries competing in 329 events over the span of 9 days. Athletes present describe getting sick, and Wuhan being a "ghost town".
- US Consulate General in Wuhan aware of a severe respiratory illness circulating
- Maryland hospitals receive an influx of patients suffering from respiratory illnesses. The majority tested negative for influenza.
- John Hopkins, WEF and the Gates Foundation host a simulation of a novel zoonotic coronavirus pandemic ("Event 201")
- SARS-CoV-2 antigens present in plasma samples in Boston, MA
November 2019
- SARS-CoV-2 RNA present in human wastewater in Santa Catarina, Brazil
- SARS-CoV-2 antibodies present in French blood samples
- Unofficial Chinese "patient zero" traced back to November 17
- French thoracic scans show lung damage indicative of COVID infection
- US intelligence agencies allegedly alert NATO and Israel to an emerging disease in Wuhan
- US intelligence report claims three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalised
December 2019
January 2020
February 2020
- First official Italian case
- First official Spanish case
- Tencent News accidentally publishes COVID case figures much higher than the official Chinese numbers
May 2020