Understanding Coronavirus
Coronavirus or corona virus is a large family of viruses that cause mild to moderate upper respiratory tract infections, such as flu. Many people are infected with this virus, at least once in their life.
However, some types of corona viruses can also cause more serious diseases, such as:
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV).
Severe Acute Respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV).
Pneumonia
SARS, which emerged in November 2002 in China, spread to several other countries. Starting from Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, England, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia, to the United States. The SARS epidemic which ended until mid-2003 infected 8,098 people in various countries. At least 774 people must have lost their lives due to this severe respiratory tract infection.
To date, seven coronaviruses (HCoVs) have been identified, namely:
HCoV-229E.
HCoV-OC43.
HCoV-NL63.
HCoV-HKU1.
SARS-CoV
MERS-CoV
Covid-19 or also known as the Novel Coronavirus (caused an outbreak of pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, China in December 2019, and spread to other countries starting January 2020. Indonesia itself announced a case of Covid 19 from March 2020.
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