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Interactive Timeline: The COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.

Learn how COVID-19 has impacted fire/EMS and how public safety has adjusted its response

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The spread of COVID-19 has led to closed schools and businesses, quarantines in first responders and changes in reimbursement and service delivery response.

Photo/The National Guard Sgt. Michael Baltz/107th Mobile Public Affairs Deta/Public domain

By Yoona Ha for EMS1

The CDC began closely monitoring an outbreak caused by a novel coronavirus strain first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019, which quickly spread to southeast Asia, Europe, Canada and the U.S.

The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on Mar. 11, 2020.

The spread of COVID-19 has led to closed schools and businesses, quarantines in first responders and changes in reimbursement and service delivery response.

Find COVID-19 breaking news, what EMS needs to know about the novel coronavirus and tips for EMS leaders in how to prepare for and educate on the COVID-19 pandemic here.

Here is a timeline illustrating how COVID-19 has progressed in the U.S.