Coronavirus latest news, cases, updates and official advice (original) (raw)

The coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing public health emergency across the world, caused by a new strain of coronavirus first identified in Wuhan City, China, in December 2019. The official name for the infectious respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-19 and symptoms include fever, cough and shortness of breath. The virus itself has been named SARS-CoV-2 and is closely related to the virus that caused the SARS outbreak of 2002-2003. The epidemic rose in multiple countries at the same time, making it what's known as a pandemic

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