Table 1.

Inclusive timeframes of news events during COVID-19.

Time	Important Events
January 11	Wuhan municipal health commission pioneered the name change from “unexplained pneumonia” to the “new coronary virus pneumonia.”
January 20	Zhong Nanshan made it clear that the virus has a “human-to-human transmission” infectivity.
January 22	Hubei initiated a secondary emergency response to public health emergencies.
January 23	Wuhan was shut down at 10 a.m. Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Hunan initiated the first-level response to major public health emergencies. Construction of Vulcan Mountain Hospital began.
January 27	The state council's joint prevention and control mechanism comprehensive team hold a press conference to notify 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. to report various cases, including newly diagnosed, newly cured, new severely ill, recently died cases, etc.
January 29	Hubei Province red cross announced the use of the first batch of donated materials for the prevention and control of the new corona pneumonia.
Feb 1	Hubei Province extended the 2020 Spring Festival holiday.
Feb 7	The ministry of education stated that no one was allowed to return to school without approval. Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Chengdu implemented community closures.
Feb 19	The ministry of human resources and social security expanded the scope of unemployment insurance.
Mar 3	Zhejiang Province released information on seven (7) newly confirmed imported overseas cases.
Mar 19	The investigation team of the State supervision commission issued the “Notice on the investigation of the situation” which involved Dr. Li Wenliang's reflection by the masses.
Mar 30	The central group leading the response to the new corona pneumonia epidemic required that all localities adhere to the open and transparent release of information and did not allow under-reporting or over-reporting in pursuit of zero cases.
April 8	Wuhan re-opened.