dec 31, 2019 - China first alerts the WHO of a virus in Wuhan
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Chinese authorities alerted the World Health Organisation that a number of people in Wuhan were suffering from an unusual pneumonia which they had not seen before.
All the cases at the time were centred in Wuhan which has a population of 11 million people. (Mirror)
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~ 5 years and 5 months ago