A Coronavirus is a large family of Viruses that cause diseases in animals and birds. The virus can cause respiratory infection in humans such as the common cold and more severe diseases like Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). There are no vaccines or antiviral drugs to prevent or treatment against this virus.
Coronavirus so-called because they look like royal crowns if you watch them from the top under an electron microscope. Coronavirus has a high genetic mutation rate and can rapidly develop resistance to new drugs, that’s why Coronavirus is very deathly. About 858 people have died from Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), which first appeared in 2012 in Saudi Arabia and few other Middle Eastern countries.
How deadliest is Coronavirus
Coronavirus was discovered in the 1660s. currently knows as 2019-nCoV, the virus is understood to be a new strain of Coronavirus not previously identified in humans. The SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) virus that killed nearly 800 people globally in the early 2000s was also Coronavirus. As of now January 26, 2020, there are more than 1,373 confirmed cases in the mainland China and 42 death cases in Wuhan China, and 31 new confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in Huangshi according to The New York Times.
There are three cases of the Coronavirus in France and the first European country to be affected by the major outbreak. A 48 years old man in Bordeaux, he was recently traveled to Wuhan from returned to France via Netherland. The other two have been hospitalized in Paris. All three patients recently traveled to China.
Japan, Australia, Thailand, Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, and The United States also confirmed a few cases of the Coronavirus.
China completely locks down his Wuhan city to stop spreading Coronavirus other major cities in China. But the problem is millions of Chinese workers traveled to there hometown for celebrating the Lunar New Year festival.
Where did the Coronavirus come from
The first case comes from Wuhan city a people recently visited a local Wuhan seafood market. and scientist says this is a mutated form of Coronavirus it likely spread from an animal to humans.
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