Mount Pleasant Magazine Documenting Covid-19

18 www.CoronavirusMag.com | www.ReadMPM.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ – The World Health Organization announces that the disease called coronavirus will be known as COVID- 19. ------------------------------------------------------------------ – The first COVID-19 death is recorded outside of Asia in France. The patient was an 80-year-old Chinese tourist. ------------------------------------------------------------------ – The National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China decided to prohibit illegal wildlife trade and to eliminate the abuse of wild animal eating. ------------------------------------------------------------------ – President Donald Trump announces additional travel restrictions involving Iran, Italy and South Korea. - ------------------------------------------------- – The first recorded death in the United States is a man in his 50s in Washington state. ------------------------------------------------------------------ – Twenty-one people aboard the Grand Princess, a cruise ship being held off the coast of California, test positive for COVID-19. ----------------------------------------------------- – The first two cases of COVID-19 in South Carolina are confirmed. ----------------------------------------------------- – Ireland cancels its St. Patrick’s Day festivities. ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ – Italy issues a lockdown for the entire country. - ------------------------------------------------- – The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. - ------------------------------------------------- – The NBA suspends all basketball games after a player for the Utah Jazz tests positive for COVID-19. ------------------------------------------------------------------ – President Donald Trump further restricts travel from now 26 countries in Europe. ------------------------------------------------------------------ – The Volvo Car Open cancels its annual tennis tournament, which was to be held in the Volvo Car Stadium on Daniel Island, April 4 - 12. ------------------------------------------------------------------ – The MLB suspends spring training and delays its regular baseball season. - ---------------------------------------------------- – The NHL suspends its hockey season. - ---------------------------------------------------- – The NCAA cancels both the men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments. - ---------------------------------------------------- – President Donald Trump announces that some cruise lines will be suspended, including Princess Cruises, Norwegian and Royal Caribbean. --------------------------------------------------- covid-19 timeline MARCH 2020 11 TH 14 TH 24 TH 29 TH 29 TH 6 TH 7 TH 9 TH 10 TH 11 TH 11 TH 11 TH 12 TH 12 TH 12 TH 12 TH 13 TH