San Antonio’s COVID timeline: Pandemic started 5 years ago this week

Pandemic hits home: The arrival of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan

On this day five years ago, the first presumptive case of COVID-19 was detected in Saskatchewan. That single number carried with it an immense weight, as people in this province, like those throughout the rest of the country, had been anxiously tracking the global spread of the virus, wondering when it would hit home. The lone infection quickly multiplied into hundreds, and then thousands, of cases. And while it spun a common thread throughout h…

World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic five years ago today

Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic of the novel coronavirus, setting off a series of policies that transformed Canadians' lives for years.

5 Years Ago: COVID-19 named public health emergency by W.H.O.

(WKBN)- Tuesday marks five years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization had determined the outbreak was a public health emergency. It was the beginning of a wave of illness that took millions of lives worldwide. The global emergency ended on May 5, 2023, more than three years after its original declaration. Over one million people died from coronavirus in the United States during the pandemic.

Fifth anniversary: World Health Organization's declaration of the Covid pandemic

March 11, 2024, marks five years since the World Health Organization officially declared the outbreak of Covid-19 a pandemic. What began as a localized outbreak in Wuhan, China, in the fall of 2019 swiftly spread across the globe, altering the course of modern history. Covid, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, appeared to be an outbreak […] The post Fifth anniversary: World Health Organization’s declaration of the Covid pandemic appeared first on M…

San Antonio’s COVID timeline: Pandemic started 5 years ago this week

Editor’s note: This story is a look back at some of the biggest headlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. See a full timeline here.Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, marking a significant shift in our daily lives.While the extent and duration of these changes were unpredictable, it was evident that the situation was rapidly intensifying, with each day of the following weeks introdu…

Tuesday marks 5 years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic

Tuesday marks the fifth anniversary of COVID-19 being classified as a pandemic.