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February 4, 2020
On February 4, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic causes all casinos in Macau to be closed down for 15 days. The year's #1 song was "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd.
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Featured · February 4, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic causes all casinos in Macau to be closed down for 15 days.
The global COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It spread to other parts of Asia and then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 and assessed it as having become a pandemic on 11 March.
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The year in brief
2020 (MMXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2020th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 20th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2020s decade.
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On February 4, 2020
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2020 The COVID-19 pandemic causes all casinos in Macau to be closed down for 15 days. Pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2
The global COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It spread to other parts of Asia and then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 and assessed it as having become a pandemic on 11 March.
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- April 19 A killing spree in Nova Scotia, Canada, leaves 22 people and the perpetrator dead, making it the deadliest rampage in the country's history.
- April 2 COVID-19 pandemic: The total number of confirmed cases reach one million.
- April 20 For the first time in history, oil prices drop below zero, an effect of the 2020 Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war.
- April 22 Four police officers are killed after being struck by a truck on the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne while speaking to a speeding driver, marking the largest loss of police lives in Victoria Police history.
- April 4 China holds a national day of mourning for martyrs who died in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease outbreak.
- April 7 COVID-19 pandemic: China ends its lockdown in Wuhan.
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