COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
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The COVID-19 pandemic began in Asia in Wuhan, Hubei, China, and has spread widely through the continent. As of 31 August 2026, at least one case of COVID-19 had been reported in every country in Asia
The hand sanitizer shelf at a pharmacy in Kep, Cambodia, was emptied the day after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in the country.
COVID-19 pandemic
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The global COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It spread to other parts of Asia and then worldwide i
COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
…The COVID-19 pandemic began in Asia in Wuhan, Hubei, China, and has spread widely through the continent. As of 31 August 2026, at least one case of COVID-19 had been reported…
Medical professionals treating a COVID-19 patient in critical condition in an intensive care unit in São Paulo in May 2020
Chinese medics in Huanggang, Hubei, in 2020
Gravediggers bury the body of a man suspected of having died of COVID-19 in the cemetery of Vila Alpina in eastern São Paulo, 3 April 2020.
The deceased in a refrigerated "mobile morgue" outside a hospital in Hackensack, New Jersey, US, in April 2020