Pa Marichi 11, World Health Organisation idalengeza kuti Covid-19 ndi mliri. Patatha milungu iwiri, dziko la US lidakhala dziko lomwe lakhudzidwa kwambiri, kupitilira China. Ku Europe, Italy, Spain, Germany ndi France zidakhudzidwa kwambiri, ndipo aliyense anali ndi milandu yopitilira 40,000.
Pofika pa Epulo 1, pafupifupi theka la anthu padziko lonse lapansi - ambiri aku North America, Europe ndi India - adalamulidwa kuti azikhala kunyumba, poyembekezera kuchepetsa kapena kuletsa kufalikira kwa matendawa.
M'malo ambiri, kachilomboka komwe kakufalikira mwachangu kwasokoneza machitidwe azachipatala akomweko. Madokotala alimbana ndi kusowa kwa malo azachipatala ndi zida zamankhwala, kuphatikiza zida zoyesera ndi zida zodzitetezera.
China idati idasintha kufalikira kwa Covid-19 kumapeto kwa Marichi, popeza kuchuluka kwa milandu yakunyumba komwe akuti kudachepa kwambiri, zomwe zidapangitsa akuluakulu kuti achepetse pang'onopang'ono zoletsa kuyenda ku Hubei.