Saturday, July 4, 2020

What is COVID-19?

Fig:A Healthcare Worker in PPE

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China, and has resulted in an ongoing pandemic.              

 


 

Other names by which it is referred are:

  • Coronavirus
  • Corona
  • COVID
  • 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease
  • Sars-Cov
  • Novel coronavirus pneumonia
  • Severe pneumonia with novel pathogens
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