A Short History of Plague published July 11, 2020 https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-political-animal/202007/a-short-history-of-plague COVID-19 was first identified in the city of Wuhan, China, in Dec 2019. The WHO declared it a pandemic in March. As of July 2020, over 12 million people have been infected worldwide, and over half a million have died