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How Does COVID-19 Spread?

By SamK on April 08, 2020
How Does COVID-19 Spread?

COVID-19 is mainly spread from one person to another through small droplets from the nose or mouth when a person with COVID-19 coughs or exhales near another person(s).

These droplets also land on objects and surfaces around the person. If other people touch these objects or surfaces and then touch their eyes, nose or mouth, they also catch COVID-19.

What is COVID-19?

By Momi on April 08, 2020
What is COVID-19?

COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, which is the capital of Hubei province, China. 

The latest statistics are:

  • More than 695.7 million people infected
  • More than 210 countries and territories
  • More than 6.9 million deaths
  • More than 667.7 million recoveries

What is a Coronavirus?

By Momi on April 08, 2020
What is a Coronavirus?

Coronaviruses refer to a group of viruses that cause diseases in humans, animals and birds. In humans, several coronaviruses are known to cause respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

There are other symptoms in case of animals, for example, they cause an upper respiratory tract disease in chickens, while in cows and pigs they cause diarrhea.