Outbreak history on January 30

Historical outbreak-response milestones recorded on this calendar date, drawn from WHO Disease Outbreak News, CDC archives, and primary epidemiological literature.

• 2020

  COVID-19

  WHO declares COVID-19 a PHEIC

  The WHO Emergency Committee determined that the novel coronavirus outbreak originating in Wuhan met the criteria for a Public Health Emergency of International Concern — the sixth such declaration since IHR (2005) and the first since the 2018-2020 Kivu Ebola PHEIC. The declaration came when 7,818 confirmed cases had been reported across 19 countries.

  Glossary: PHEIC

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