About(covid-19)

Coronavirus disease 2019(covid-19)os defined as illness caused by a novel coronavirus now called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2;firmerly called 2019 -nCoV),which was first identified amid an outbreak of respiratory illness cases in wuhan city, Hubei Province,China.It was initially reported to the WHO on December 31,2019.On January 30,2020,the who declared the covid-19 a global health emergency. COVID-19 a global pandemic,its first such designation since declaring H1N1 influenza a pandemic in 2009.

Illness caused by SARS-CoV-2 was recently termed COVID-19 by the WHO,the new acronym derived from "coronavirus disease 2019." The named was chosen to avoid stigma stigmatizing the virus's origins in terms of population,geography,or animal associatio. On February 11,2020,the coronavirus study Group of the international committee on Taxonomy of viruses issued a statement announcing an official designation for the novel virus:severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2).