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Dec. 31, 2019
China reported a cluster of cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei Province. A novel coronavirus was eventually identified.
2020
January
Jan. 13, 2020
Officials confirm a case of COVID-19 in Thailand, the first recorded case outside of China.
Jan. 21, 2020
First case of COVID-19 in the US: a man in Washington state who had traveled to Wuhan.
Jan. 31, 2020
First case of COVID-19 in Santa Clara County.
February
February 4, 2020
Stanford University institutes travel restrictions to China with mandatory two-week self-isolation upon return.
February 26, 2020
Stanford includes South Korea in travel restrictions.
February 26, 2020
February 28, 2020
Stanford extends travel restrictions to include Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Iran, and Italy.
March
March 3, 2020
Stanford recommends university units to cancel or postpone events they are hosting between March 4 and April 15 that involve more than 150 participants and institutes more frequent cleaning on common areas and commonly touched surfaces.
March 4, 2020
Stanford restricts all university-sponsored international travel and recommends against university-sponsored domestic travel as well as all personal travel both international and domestic.
March 5, 2020
Stanford Surgery moves to a skeleton crew in administrative offices, encouraging as many to work from home who can.
March 6, 2020
Stanford Hospital announces it is caring for COVID-19 patients.
March 9, 2020
- – County of Santa Clara Public Health Department
County of Santa Clara Public Health Department Announces First Death from COVID-19 in Santa Clara County
March 10, 2020
Stanford Surgery hosts first COVID-19 Town Hall Meeting.
Division of Clinical Anatomy puts body donations on hold until further notice.
Spring Quarter classes moved online.
March 12, 2020
Stanford Surgery implements the CDC guidelines that recommend canceling all elective cases.
March 13, 2020
March 16, 2020
Bay Area institutes shelter-in-place order, the nation's first.
March 18, 2020
First Stanford Surgery virtual fellowship interview takes place.
March 26, 2020
Stanford Surgery Chair Dr. Mary Hawn Hosts StanfordMed Virtual Town Hall
March 31, 2020
March 26, 2020
April
April 10, 2020
Test for antibodies against novel coronavirus developed at Stanford Medicine
The new test screens for antibodies to the virus in plasma, the liquid in blood, to provide information about a person’s immune response to an infection.
April 16, 2020
Department Chair Dr. Mary Hawn describes our "thoughtful reintroduction of elective surgeries" at the Stanford Medicine Town Hall on COVID-19.
April 17, 2020
Opening Up America Again | The White House
President Trump has unveiled Guidelines for Opening Up America Again, a three-phased approach based on the advice of public health experts.
April 21, 2020
Autopsies reveal first confirmed U.S. coronavirus deaths occurred in California in February
Coronavirus: Autopsies reveal the first confirmed U.S. COVID-19 deaths occurred in Bay Area in February.
April 22, 2020
California to Resume Scheduled Surgeries Amid Outbreak
California Gov. Gavin Newsom loosened the state’s stay-at-home order on Wednesday to let hospitals resume scheduled surgeries, the first step toward reopening the nation’s most populous state that has been shut down for more than a month because of the coronavirus pandemic.
May
May 4, 2020
Stanford Resumes Elective Surgeries
PORT has quickly put into place the processes to safely proceed with all surgical procedures at Stanford hospitals and ambulatory sites by Monday, May 4.
May 26, 2020
Medical students resume surgical clerkships
June
June 6, 2020
All Stanford Surgery Wet Labs reopen in Stage 1.
September
September 13, 2020
Europe begins to see a fall spike.
September 22, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic hits grim milestone of 200,000 deaths in the US.
October
October 16, 2020
COVID cases begin to spike in the US.
November
November 16, 2020
- – San José Spotlight
Santa Clara County moves to COVID-19 purple tier - most restrictive - San José Spotlight
With COVID-19 case counts rising across the state, Santa Clara County is moving back to California’s purple tier, the most restrictive. The county recorded 388 new positive COVID-19 cases in a single day on Nov. 16 and now has a total of 28,686 cases and 445 deaths. “This is a high number,” County Health Officer...
November 20, 2020
- – ABC7 Los Angeles
Gov. Newsom orders curfew for most California counties
The curfew will be in effect from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. starting Saturday, November 21 for all counties in the purple tier.
December
December 6, 2020
- – NBC Bay Area
New Stay-at-Home Order Takes Effect in Multiple Bay Area Jurisdictions
A new stay-at-home order went into effect in Bay Area counties late Sunday night and early Monday to try to limit the spread of COVID-19.
December 8, 2020
- – BBC News
Covid-19 vaccine: First person receives Pfizer jab in UK
Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, becomes the first person in the world to get the jab as part of a mass vaccination programme, calling it the "best early birthday present".
December 18, 2020
COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Begins at Stanford
Patient-facing, frontline healthcare workers at Stanford Health Care begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine including Department of Surgery faculty, residents, and fellows.
2021
January
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