The situation facing the world with COVID-19 may seem like an apocalyptic film, but what many people are experiencing at the moment far surpasses fiction.
As everyone said goodbye to 2019 and hello to 2020, one of the worst pandemic's humanity has seen in the last century was taking shape.
It has travelled from China to the United States and just about everywhere in between.
This is the 100-day timeline of the coronavirus that has brought the world to a standstill.
Day 1
Wednesday, January 1. Wuhan seafood market closed.
The first case of the new coronavirus is reported. Chinese authorities are aware that something serious is happening, but they don't report it to the World Health Organization. 'Unknown Wuhan pneumonia' and 'Wuhan seafood market' are censored on social media.
Day 9
Thursday, January 9. Coronavirus is identified.
Chinese scientists know they're dealing with a disease beyond their control. They realise it has no connection with SARS-CoV-2 which shook the country a few years earlier. The first known death from this new disease occurs in Wuhan.
Day 13
Monday, January 13. Thailand reports a first case.
It's over a week since Wuhan confirmed a case of the new coronavirus, and a Wuhan native appears with the illness in Thailand, aged 61. It's detected by a temperature check at Bangkok Airport. Research is ongoing, but it's not thought that the virus passes from person to person, while in Wuhan the infected are starting to overwhelm the health services. The rest of the world remains oblivious.
Day 17
Friday, January 17. Carlos Sainz wins in Dakar.
In Saudi Arabia, Carlos Sainz and Jesus Calleja commented that they're convinced there was an outbreak of coronavirus among participants. "It's not a flu, it's worse; it lasted 10 or 11 days and it's rare that a flu passes so suddenly to everyone," Calleja explained.
Day 23
Thursday, January 23. Person-to-person transmission confirmed.
Dr. Zhong Nanshan appeared on Chinese television to confirm that it had been passed from person to person. Afterwards, cases of mass contagion began to appear in neighbouring countries, such as Japan and South Korea. Wuhan becomes the world's most watched city.
Day 24
Friday, January 24. The virus reaches Europe.
The Chinese New Year brought number of emigrants back home and on their return to Europe comes the virus. The first cases occur in France, while in China 56 million people are already locked down. Liang Wudong, a doctor in Hubei, will become the first medical professional to die.
Day 30
Thursday, January 30. Global fears.
Ordinary European citizens are still a bit oblivious to the severity of the problem, but scientists' fears are growing. British Airways and Iberia cancel flights to China, Starbucks have closed have of their 4,000 Chinese stores and provisional closings are taking place at Ikea and McDonalds.
Day 34
Sunday, February 2. Spain's first case.
Official counts in China show cases at 20,000 with 425 deaths, and Spain tests their first positive patient. It's a German tourist in the Canary Islands who had become infected in Germany. There are already 132 confirmed cases outside of China in 23 countries, according to WHO.
Day 45
Friday, February 14. First medical tests.
An American laboratory tests 500 patients from Wuhan infected with COVID-19 with a drug that was successfully tested against Ebola after the 2014 epidemic. The results are still unknown.
Day 50
Wednesday, February 19. Atalanta vs Valencia in Milan.
Cases are skyrocketing. Valencia are in Milan to face Atalanta in a Champions League game at the Stadio San Siro with about a third of Bergamo in attendance.
Since, Bergamo mayor Giorgio Gori is one of those to refer to the game as a 'biological bomb' in the spread of the virus in Italy. Bergamo being the country's epicentre.
Day 60
March 1. France bans gatherings of over 5,000 people.
Cases are growing in Spain - 15 in Valencia, 10 in Madrid, 10 in Andalusia, seven on the Canary Islands, six in Catalonia, three in the Basque Country, two in the Balearic Islands, two in Castilla and Leon, one in Asturias, one in Cantabria and another in Navarra.
Day 71
Wednesday, March 11. COVID-19 declared a pandemic.
Cases in the United States exceed 1,000 and more than 116,000 people are infected worldwide. European and US stock markets suffer their worst falls since the 2008 financial crisis. Italy records 168 deaths in a day, which was extreme at the time. Prime minister Giuseppe Conte says the country is facing its 'darkest hour'.
Day 77
Tuesday, March 17. The European Championship and Olympic Games are postponed until 2021.
Football all over the continent has been put on hold. The Champions League and Europa League have been suspended indefinitely and the scheduled Euro 2020 is pushed back by a year. Seven days later, the Olympics are as well.
Day 88
Saturday, March 28. Italy's death toll exceeds 10,000.
A black Saturday sees deaths hit 10,023, with 889 coming in just 24 hours. The country is living a nightmare. Doctors are overwhelmed, facing extreme situations and enduring war-like conditions. The country has been locked down for almost three weeks, but they're struggling to bend the curve. Spain are behind, but things look dark.
Day 93
Thursday, April 2. The barrier of a million infections is broken.
It's confirmed that over 1,000,000 positive tests have been counted for COVID-19. Spain sees over 950 deaths in a single day, the most so far. Almost seven million Americans apply for unemployment benefits, with 250,000 cases and 6,000 deaths confirmed.
Day 99.
Wednesday, April 8. An uncertain future.
Wuhan, where it all began, see their isolation ended after 11 weeks of confinement. China record their first day without deaths. But the rest of the world are seeing uncertainty. Europe is still seeing thousands of deaths and people on the streets.
Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is in an ICU with the virus as his country enters the worst phase of the pandemic.
Things don't look good in France, while Italy in Spain are crossing their fingers in the hope that they have flattened the curve.
Worldwide, over 85,000 people are dead and 1.4 million have been infected.
We're still a long way away from life returning to normal.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com