Social media and messaging apps are becoming the main reasons behind the entire confusion Akshat Thonangi
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t's not often that you type something of international concern and Google automatically shoots emergency SOS alerts at you. Coronavirus, thankfully renamed as COVID-19, by the WHO, before the Mexican beer manufacturer lost its market share. It is essentially a large family of RNA (Ribonucleic acid) viruses. 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). Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (SARSr-CoV-2) is a species of coronavirus that affects humans. This new respiratory virus was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, in China. A popular digital news platform aptly framed as to 'how coronavirus spread to three nations through one British man who didn't visit China'. So, how did it all begin? A middle-aged businessman was attending a conference in Singapore and then passed it on to several compatriots, while later on holiday in the French Alps, before finally being diagnosed back in Britain. Of those infected by the man, five have been hospitalised in France, five in Britain and one other man on the Spanish island of Mallorca. More than 100 people took part in the conference (in Singapore), including at least one Chinese national from Hubei province, the epicentre of the epi-
