On Jan. 30, the coronavirus was declared a global health emergency. 'We are in great shape,' President Trump told Fox News that day. Three months later, the U.S. now has the world's largest reported outbreak—with over 1 million cases and over 60,000 dead.
On Jan. 30, the new pathogen was just beginning to leap the borders of China, where the first cases of the outbreak had been reported in and around the city of Wuhan. The death toll still numbered in the hundreds, and the number of confirmed cases outside the country hovered just around 100..
Three months later, the number of confirmed cases globally stands at more than 3.2 million, according to data compiled by, and the virus has been reported in nearly every country in the world. The U.S. is now grappling with by far the world's biggest reported outbreak — with more than 1 million confirmed cases and a death toll north of 60,000.
That span has also seen relations sour between the Trump administration and the WHO, which Trump criticized earlier this month for being"China-centric" and for having"called it wrong." And he has suspended U.S.
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