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Local events Non-local events HKUMed events February 3 The Diamond Princess cruise ship is quarantined in Yokohama for two weeks; 712 people on board are infected and 13 people die February 3 The HKSAR Government sets up quarantine facilities in an effort to control the spread of the coronavirus outbreak February 11 The WHO officially names the coronavirus disease COVID-19 and the virus causing it SARS-CoV-2 March 11 HKUMed announces public health laboratories in more than 40 countries and territories had received its tests for COVID-19 detection. The number increased to more than 70 over the course of the year March 20 The HKUMed WHO Collaborating Centre releases a real-time situation report of the instantaneous effective reproductive number of COVID-19 March 2 Hong Kong records its 100th confirmed case March 16 A second wave of COVID-19 infections occurs in Hong Kong February 16 The WHO-China Joint mission, including two HKUMed members, visits Beijing, Wuhan and two other cities to study the outbreaks there March 17 The HKSAR Government issues a Red Outbound Travel Alert on all overseas countries/ territories. It was to remain in place for most places February 25 Hong Kong reports its first community outbreak, after seven people who visited a Buddhist temple in North Point test positive for COVID-19. There are other community outbreaks reported, such as the Wong Tai Sin one, as the pandemic unfolds March 11 The WHO characterises COVID-19 as a pandemic March 6 The HKUMed WHO Collaborating Centre announces the case fatality risk of COVID-19 37