**Timeline of China’s COVID-19 Crisis**.
**December 2019**.
* **December 31:** A cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown cause is reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province..
**January 2020**.
* **January 7:** Chinese authorities identify a novel coronavirus, later named SARS-CoV-2, as the cause of the pneumonia outbreak..
* **January 20:** The first confirmed death from COVID-19 is reported in Wuhan..
* **January 23:** Wuhan and other cities in Hubei Province are placed under lockdown..
* **January 29:** The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)..
**February 2020**.
* **February 5:** The number of confirmed cases in China surpasses 20,000..
* **February 11:** The WHO announces a global pandemic..
* **February 24:** China reports its highest daily increase in confirmed cases, with over 15,000 new cases..
**March 2020**.
* **March 8:** The number of confirmed cases in China begins to decline..
* **March 10:** Wuhan lifts its lockdown after 76 days..
* **March 18:** China reports no new domestic cases for the first time since the start of the outbreak..
**April 2020**.
* **April 12:** China’s last remaining lockdown is lifted in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province..
* **April 20:** The WHO commends China’s efforts to contain the pandemic..
**May 2020**.
* **May 11:** China reports a new cluster of cases in Beijing..
* **May 25:** The WHO warns that the pandemic is .
