Natural Disasters & Epidemics

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 8 million worldwide.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 9 million worldwide.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 10 million worldwide.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 500,000.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] Thousands of people rally outside the House of the National Assembly of Serbia in Belgrade in response to stricter lockdown measures proposed by President Aleksandar Vučić following an increase of cases in the city   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 12 million worldwide   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 600,000   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] European leaders agree to create a €750 billion (US$858 billion) recovery fund to rebuild EU economies impacted by the pandemic.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 15 million worldwide.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] North Korean leader Kim Jong-un convenes an emergency meeting, declares a state of emergency, and orders the lockdown of Kaesong after a person suspected of having COVID-19 returned from South Korea. If confirmed, it would be the first case to be officially acknowledged by North Korea.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] In rare talks, Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hold a video call to discuss various regional issues, including combating COVID-19 in their respective countries   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 700,000   

2020  Air India Express Flight 1344 crashes after overrunning the runway at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, India, killing 19 of the 191 people on board   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 20 million worldwide   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russia has approved the world's first COVID-19 vaccine.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 800,000   

2020  africa is declared free of wild polio, the second virus to be eradicated from the continent since smallpox 40 years previously.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 25 million worldwide. India continues to record the highest daily increase of cases.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 30 million worldwide.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds one million   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 35 million worldwide. The news coincides with the World Health Organization estimating that total worldwide cases may be around 760 million - roughly a tenth of the global population   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 40 million worldwide   

2020  aegean Sea earthquake: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Turkey and Greece, killing 119 people and injuring over 1,000.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 45 million worldwide.   

2020  typhoon Goni makes landfall in the Philippines, becoming the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone in history, displacing hundreds of thousands of people and killing dozens of people in the region.   

2020  2020 United States presidential election: Joe Biden is elected as the 46th President of the United States, after remaining vote counts (November 7) come in from key states delayed by an influx of mail-in ballots caused by the pandemic, defeating the incumbent President Donald Trump.   

2020  hurricane Eta makes landfall in Nicaragua, killing over 100 people in Central America as a category 4.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 50 million worldwide   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The first successful phase III trial of a COVID-19 vaccine is announced by drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech, which is 90% effective according to interim results   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The Sputnik V vaccine is proven to be 92% effective against COVID-19 according to interim results   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] Moderna's mRNA vaccine is proven to be 94.5% effective against COVID-19 based on interim results, including severe illnesses. The vaccine has been cited as being among those that are easier to distribute as no ultra-cold storage is required.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 55 million worldwide, with around a million cases recorded every two days on average.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] Pfizer and BioNTech complete trials on their COVID-19 vaccine, with an overall effectiveness rate of 95% without adverse events.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] AstraZeneca's AZD1222 vaccine, developed in collaboration with Oxford University, is shown to be 70% effective in protecting against COVID-19. The efficacy can be raised to 90% if an initial half dose is followed by a full dose a month later, based on interim data   

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