MEANING OF COVID-19

COVID-19 is a new coronavirus strain that causes sickness. The letters CO, VI,

and D stand for corona, virus, and disease, respectively. This disease was

previously known as the '2019 novel coronavirus,' or '2019-nCoV.'

According to WHO, the most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever,

tiredness and dry cough. Few patients experience aches and pains, nasal

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congestion, runny nose, sore throat or diarrhea. Patients usually have mild

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symptoms that start gradually. Most patients recover without needing any special

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The first human cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus

causing COVID-19, subsequently named SARS-CoV-2 were first reported by

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officials in Wuhan City, China, in December 2019.

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Retrospective investigations by Chinese authorities have identified human cases

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with onset of symptoms in early December 2019. While some of the earliest

known cases had a link to a wholesale food market in Wuhan, some did not.
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