The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning that COVID-19 in China could turn into a global health crisis. Now there is evidence that supports the fear since the COVID-19 outbreak has spread beyond China. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, says the opportunity is narrowing to contain the outbreak. He says it is important to... Continue reading
Coronavirus disease has recently been named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO). The name comes from “corona”, “virus” and “disease” with 2019, the year when the disease emerged. The death toll from Covid-19 continues to rise. The number of reported deaths in China is over 1000. From the genetic analysis on the outbreak of... Continue reading
Coronavirus is a new strain of the respiratory virus that consists of a large family of viruses. The virus causes an illness that ranges from the common cold to more severe Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV).Coronavirus is the largest group of viruses that belong to the Nidovirales order, which... Continue reading
