Table 1.

Key dates in the Chinese COVID-2019 outbreak.

Date	Event
December 31, 2019	Cases of pneumonia detected in Wuhan, China, are first reported to the WHO. During this reported period, the virus is unknown. The cases occur between December 12, and December 29, according to Wuhan Municipal Health.
January 1, 2020	Chinese health authorities close the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market after it is discovered that wild animals sold there may be the source of the virus.
January 5, 2020	China announces that the unknown pneumonia cases in Wuhan are not SARS or MERS
January 7, 2020	Chinese authorities confirm that they have identified the virus as a novel coronavirus, initially named 2019-nCoV by the WHO.
January 11, 2020	The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission announces the first death caused by the coronavirus. A 61-year-old man, exposed to the virus at the seafood market, died on January 9, after respiratory failure caused by severe pneumonia.
January 13, 2020	First cross-border transmission as Thai authorities report a case of infection caused by the coronavirus. The infected individual is a Chinese national who had arrived from Wuhan.
January 30, 2020	WHO declares 2019-nCoV to be a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern”
February 11, 2020	WHO announces a new name for the virus, COVID-19
March 11, 2020	WHO declares COVID-19 to be a Pandemic

Note: The above table consists of the key events relating to the Chinese epicentre COVID-2019 outbreak. The dates represent dummy variables in the associated GARCH and DCC-GARCH estimations.