China
ETC Activities
On 30 December 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO) China Country Office was notified about cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology (cause) in Wuhan city, Hubei province. With a new type of coronavirus, COVID-19, identified on 7 January, the speed that the virus then spread to other countries was unprecedented. On 12 March, with 125,260 confirmed cases globally and 416 deaths reported, WHO declared a pandemic.
The ETC is closely monitoring the situation.