The corona virus
It started in the seafood and poultry market of China’s Wuhan province last year, has become a serious case for the world today.
What is this virus ?
Symptoms of corona virus can range from a minor cold to more severe diseases such as:
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome: MERS-CoV, and
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: SARS-CoV.
Corona virus is zoonotic, which means animal disease. Both humans and animals can suffer from this virus. This virus has now been named as “SARS-CoV-2” and due to this the disease is called “Corona Disease 2019” which is abbreviated as “COVID-19”.
This virus has been first discovered in the Wuhan province of China, after which its reach is being found in almost 70 countries. On 23 January, Chinese government officials cut off the rest of the country and the world from Wuhan, which has a population of nearly 1 crore, and all transports from there were closed.
In countries like Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, United States, the virus has entered and become infected after 20th of January.
On January 30, 2020, the WHO declared the virus outbreak as a social health emergency, a cause of international concern.
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