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CORONAVIRUS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW AND MORE
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he World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global emergency over the new coronavirus following an outbreak in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. The news of the virus began spreading and making headline in December 2019 and from Wuhan to as far-flung as the United States and Philipines, the virus has infected tens of thousands and the death toll keep rising, now with over 2000 deaths. In spite of the global panic, health experts say that it is hard getting the virus unless you are in direct contact with someone who has recently traveled to certain parts of China. The world health organization named the disease caused by this virus COVID-19 (Co- corona, Vi-virus, D- disease, 19-the year it emerged). While the number of people infected keeps growing, there has been 88
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quite a remarkable recovery, over 21,000 people have recovered from this illness, but cases have been reported in 31 other countries.
The Origins of Coronavirus The public health officials from China informed the WHO that they had a problem; an unknown, new virus causing flu-like and pneumonia-like illness in the city of Wuhan. This was in December 2019. After reporting the incident, it was quickly discovered that it was a coronavirus, and it was rapidly spreading through and outside of Wuhan. Coronaviruses are common, especially in animals of all kinds. Sometimes, they evolve into other forms that can be passed on to humans. So far, we only know two other coronaviruses which have THE POWER IS NOW MAGAZINE | MARCH 2020
