In a bustling city of 11 million, a 55-year-old man in Wuhan, China, became the first reported case of a mysterious illness that would soon send shockwaves around the world. On that fateful day, December 8, 2019, Dr. Zhang Jixian, a respiratory specialist at Hubei Provincial Hospital, admitted the patient with symptoms of pneumonia and an unknown viral infection. Little did Dr. Zhang know, this patient would be the tip of the iceberg, marking the onset of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic.