6 years since COVID-19 pandemic began. What happened March 11, 2020
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Six years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Here's what else happened on that day.
It has been six years since the COVID-19 pandemic began and though aftershocks continue to affect us all, one day stands out as monumental.
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, as the NBA suspended its season, Tom Hanks tested positive for the virus and President Donald Trump announced a U.S. travel ban.
That morning, during a meeting with the House Oversight and Reform Committees, then-Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci warned lawmakers that, "Things will get worse than they are right now." At the time, 118,000 cases and 4,291 deaths related to COVID-19 had been reported in 114 countries. As of Feb. 22, more than 7.1 million COVID-19-related deaths had been reported in 231 countries, according to WHO, with 1.2 million deaths in the U.S.
Here's a look at the key moments from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic on March 11, 2020.
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Monica Goods, an 11-year-old girl, was killed after her family's car was rammed while being pursued by the state trooper.
A 5-year-old in Colorado was killed in his home, and authorities suspect his older brother of the crime.
Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, of Dearborn Heights, was identified as the suspect who on March 12 rammed his truck into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
Clergy and staff members at the temple had just undergone FBI-led active-shooter training in January, according to the bureau's Detroit field office.
Gerry Goldberg's wife Andie was killed at a the intersection in 2024. He advocated to make it safer, but was killed there in a March 2 crash.
As TSA officers work without pay amid a partial government shutdown, security experts say the threat of terror linked to the Iran war has risen.
The murder of Denise Amber Lee in Florida exposed the vulnerabilities of the 911 system nationwide and led to reform within the industry.
Ayman Ghazali made the purchase at Phantom Fireworks in Michigan in the early afternoon on March 10, a company executive told the Detroit Free Press.
Local prosecutors confirmed to USA TODAY charges were dropped without elaborating on what prompted the change.
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Relatives of the attacker who rammed his truck into a synagogue outside Detroit were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, a local official said.