Timeline: The impact of COVID-19

The roots of the current pandemic trace back to late last year in China

Gabriel Schneider, Staff Writer
June 10, 2020

A PDF version of this timeline appeared in the COVID-19 edition of Legend magazine.

San Diego City College has directly been affected by the spread of coronavirus, causing the shutdown of campus on March 16 through the fall 2020 semester.

But the origins of COVID-19 go much further back to Dec. 31, 2019 in Wuhan, China.

The staff of City Times has compiled a list of events that occurred throughout the spread of the pandemic, ranging from global to local news stories. Each piece was then added to an interactive timeline using TimelineJS by Knightlab.

View the entire timeline below, clicking on the arrow on the right side to begin. You can then move back and forth through the timeline by clicking on the arrows on the right and left or on the flags in the bottom portion of the timeline. You can also access a larger version here.

– Staff Writers Melisa Cabello-Cuahutle, Isai Figueroa, Marlena Harvey, Luz Jaimes, Orrin Iverson, Chris LeFall, Isaac Limon, Uyen Pham, Vicky Pineda, Lacey Stefano and Sophia Traylor contributed to this report.

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About the Contributor

Gabriel Schneider, Editor-in-Chief, City Times

Gabriel Schneider is the Editor-in-Chief for City Times. He previously served as managing editor, section editor and staff writer. He is majoring in digital...