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2020 - 100 Seconds
December 31: China reports 27 cases of pneumonia related patients to the W.H.O
January 31: UK withdraws from E.U
January 3: Tension between the U.S and Iran culmulates the fear of nuclear war
January 9: Australian bush fires continue to rage on
February 6: Antarctica’s northern tip recorded a temperature of 18.4C (65.1F) – roughly the same as Los Angeles that day
March 2: Turkey launched a major military operation against Syria after Syrian and Russian air and artillery strikes
March 9: Stock markets crash
March 11: W.H.O declares COVID-19 a pandemic
April 2: Cases surpass 1 million
May 13: Potential of COVID-19 becoming an endemic as the mental wellbeing is impact by death, poverty, anxiety and isolation
May 25: Murder of George Floyd places the spotlight on racism and police brutality, triggering protests worldwide
June 24: China approves CanoSino vaccine
June 28: Global deaths exceeds 500,000
July 14: Phase III testing for the Moderna vaccine
August 12: Phase III testing for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine
August 19: Record breaking California wildfires
September 9: U.N states record highs for green house emissions and global temperatures
September 29: Global deaths exceed 1 million
November 5: Danish Government cull 17 minks as mutated COVID-19 strain discovered
October 5: 10% of world's population infected according to W.H.O
December 8: First person to be inoculated in the U.K
December 30: Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine confirmed for usage in the U.K
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2021 - 100 Seconds
January 1: New strains of COVID-19 that are more infectious are detected and confirmed in the U.K (B.1.1.7), South Africa (B.1.351) and Brazil (P.1)
January 6: Capitol Hill insurrection instigated by Trump supporters
January 9: North Korea announces the development of new weaponry including tactical nuclear weapons
January 16: COVID-19 death rate exceeds 2 million
January 26: COVID-19 cases exceeds 100 million worldwide
January 27: W.H.O begin investigation in Wuhan, the epicentre of COVID-19
February 1: Coup d'état in Myanmar reinstates military rule
February 25: COVID-19 death toll exceeds 2.5 million
March 18: COVID-19 vaccinations exceeds 400 million
March 19: U.K increases its nuclear stockpile from 180 to 260 Tridant warheads
March 23: Suez Canal blockage causes disruptions of global trade
April 13: Provocation from North Korea continues to amass with testing of new weaponry
May 4: Active volcano, Tungurahua, in Ecuador erupts
June 2: Right wing groups gain momentum around the globe, inciting violent protests
July 5: COVID-19 death toll exceeds 3 million
July 28: Rising COVID cases push world health systems to the brink
August 11: Israeli and Palestinian conflict regains fuel as fire exchanged
August 30: Wildfires around the globe
September 8: Rising global temperatures surpasses 1.80 °C
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2022 - 50 Seconds
February 14: Erup B Olod Syndicate (E.B.O.S), a rising anti-vaccine movement establishes its presence
April 27: Major world organisations such as W.H.O, U.N and C.D.C see funding stopped
June 3: Mt Vesuvius erupts, death count unknown while covering Europe's airspace in volcano gases and ash
June 20: COVID-19 mutations progress to deadlier strains as anti-vaccine movement flourishes
June 17: Europe in disarray due to eruption
July 19: Russia and China cyber attacks on western powers causes retaliation
October 4: COVID-19 deaths surpass 6 million
December 16: Longterm effects of COVID-19 continue to deliberate survivors causing economic slowdown
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2023 - 25 seconds
January 23: E.B.O.S gains control of power, backed by military
January 29: Civil unrest around the globe as prices surge, resources deplete and COVID-19 death toll surpasses 8 million
February 2: E.B.O.S releases health information of those vaccinated with orders to terminate them
April 3: Health systems crash
May 13: E.B.O.S shuts down opposition and takes control of global data, ordering incarceration of those caught documenting the pandemic
July 19: Monsoon season shrouds South East Asia, causing drastic loss of life and displacement
September 8: Middle East erupts into war as Saudi Arabia resumes its assault on Yemen, causing a domino effect
October 26: North Korean jets intercepted near Japan
November 14: Nuclear Arms Race begins
2024 - 13 Seconds
January 2: Global conflict and civil unrest in most countries, scuppering the system as health care, banks and services crash
February 15: E.B.O.S totalitarian rule over western organisations renders the world into war with the east
March 6: COVID-19 deaths surpass 10 million
March 23: weaponised usage of COVID-19 strains deployed over Russia by U.S