In Wuhan , China . The World Health Organization declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern regarding COVID-19 on 30 January 2020, and later declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of 30 April 2021, more than 150 million cases have been confirmed, with more than 3.16 million deaths attributed to COVID-19, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history . The COVID-19 pandemic , also known as the pandemic , is an ongoing global pandemic of disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was first identified in December 2019 Symptoms of COVID-19 are highly variable, ranging from none to life-threateningly severe. Transmission of COVID-19 occurs ...