Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2. It’s also called SARSCoV-2. The disease first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China and considered to have been transferred to humans from animals (Zoonotic disease). The WHO officially declared COVID-19 outbreak as a world pandemic. This virus can be fatal to humans. It is mostly affecting adults, people who suffer from other prolonged illnesses, women and babies. Therefore, the death rate of young people is very low.

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