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COVID-19 Pandemic Facts: Medical Events as they Occurred
Adeel Abbas Dhahri1,*, Muhammad Rafaih Iqbal2, Nourelhuda Darwish3, Fazila Hashmi4 and Mehvish Adeel Dhahri5
1West Midlands Deanery, Health Education England, United Kingdom
2East of England Deanery, Health Education England, United Kingdom
3Northwest Deanery, Health Education England, United Kingdom
4Department of Surgery, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences
5Walsall Manor Hospital, Walsall, United Kingdom
Received Date: 07/08/2022; Published Date: 22/08/2022
*Corresponding author: Adeel Abbas Dhahri, Present Postal address: Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospitals Birmingham, United Kingdom
Orcid ID: 0000-0003-1906-1025
COVID-19, since its outbreak, has completely changed the life; whether psychological, healthcare, educational, or economical. Despite measures like availability of the COVID-19 vaccine, it continues to spread with peaks in waves around the world. Through this timeline, we look into the events as they occurred especially related to the healthcare.
Figure 1 talks about the events occurring from the start of first documented infection to the spread across different countries as global risk raised to ‘very high’.
Figure 2 talks about the timelines from March 2020 till May 2020 when WHO declared COVID-19 as pandemic and different trials started across the world to find effective treatments. The first results of COVID-Surg, the largest international collaborative cohort study, also gets published the British Journal of Surgery. This study demonstrated that COVID-19 pandemic caused major burden of the cancellation of the elective surgery.
Figure 3 appraises the events occurred between June 2020 till October 2020. During this time human trials of COVID-19 vaccines began and COVID-19 testing started to become of a global importance.
Figure 4 talks about the time when world saw first person receiving Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and different COVID-19 variants got the designations by the WHO. The COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access) also began to rollout. Lancet also published study which showed un-necessary sufferings and deaths among new-borns during this pandemic. In April 2021, European Medicine Agency released the report on possible link of AstraZeneca vaccine with blood clots.
Figure 5 mentions about the further variants being identified, and further studies showing promising results against different COVID-19 variants. Professor Sarah Gilbert was also recognized by the Barbie makers for her contribution in designing Oxford/ AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. COVID-19 vaccines spectrum of use was also increased to younger populations.
Figure 6 looks into the timeline of current year 2022, and identifies countries lifting mandatory face covering restrictions. Recently Pfizer booster dose has also been recommended for ages 5-11.
Figure 1: December 2019 till February 2020 timeline.
WHO: World Health Organization; USA: United States of America
Figure 2: March 2020 till May 2020 timeline.
R&D: Research and Development; FDA: Food & Drug Administration
Figure 2: March 2020 till May 2020 timeline.
R&D: Research and Development; FDA: Food & Drug Administration
Figure 3: June 2020 till Oct 2020 timeline.
UNICEF: United Nation International Children Emergency Fund
Figure 4: Dec 2020 till April 2021 timeline.
COVAX: COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access
Figure 5: June 2021 till Dec 2021 timeline.
UNICEF: United Nation Children’s Fund; GB syndrome: Guillian-Barre syndrome
Figure 6: Jan 2022 till May 2022 timeline.
Conclusion
COVID-19 has been recognized as long-drawn-out pandemic despite collective efforts around the world. So far vaccination remains the key to the success while scientists extend use in younger population.
Author Contribution:
AAD: Concept, Writing and Editing
MRI: Concept, Writing and Editing
ND: Writing and Editing
FH: Writing and Editing
MAD: Writing and Editing
Conflict of Interest: No.
Funding: No.
Acknowledgement: None.
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- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) weekly epidemiological update and weekly operational update; World Health Organization, 2021.
- NIHR. National Institute for Health and Care Research.
