Template:COVID-19 pandemic

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2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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This template is used on approximately 1,600 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template uses Lua:

Module:COVID-19 pandemic (sandbox)

Note: Pages have a 2048 kB limit on transclusions. If the limit is broken then the page stops rendering.

{{COVID-19 pandemic}} uses 310 kB and {{#invoke:COVID-19 pandemic|}} uses 155 kB of the limit as of January 2024.
{{COVID-19 pandemic|short=yes}} only uses 147 kB and {{#invoke:COVID-19 pandemic||short=yes}} only uses 73kB by omitting most links under "Locations" and "Data (templates)":

This template's initial visibility currently defaults to autocollapse, meaning that if there is another collapsible item on the page (a navbox, sidebar, or table with the collapsible attribute), it is hidden apart from its title bar; if not, it is fully visible.

To change this template's initial visibility, the |state= parameter may be used:

{{COVID-19 pandemic|state=collapsed}} will show the template collapsed, i.e. hidden apart from its title bar.
{{COVID-19 pandemic|state=expanded}} will show the template expanded, i.e. fully visible.

How to manage this template's collapsible groups/sections option

This template includes collapsible groups/sections. When it first appears, one of these groups/sections may be set to be visible ("expanded") while the others remain hidden ("collapsed") apart from their titlebars. To achieve this, include the parameter |name where name is one of the following words that identify the groups/sections (omit any speech or quotation marks):
timeline locations impacts issues variants institutions people data
For example: {{COVID-19 pandemic |issues}}

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Other COVID-19 templates

For the sidebar used on many articles see {{COVID-19 pandemic sidebar}}.

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