Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

CORONA VIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19)

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, the capital of China’s Hubei province, and has since spread globally, resulting in an ongoing pandemic.

As of 6 May 2020, more than 3.68 million cases have been reported across 187 countries and territories, resulting in more than 257,000 deaths. More than 1.2 million people have recovered.

 OTHER NAMES

• Coronavirus
• COVID
• 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease
• Novel coronavirus pneumonia