Coronavirus disease is an illness caused by coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 sars-cov2.

It was first identified in wuhan city, hubei Province China.

It was first reported to the world health organisation in december 31, 2019.

In January 30, 2020, the world health organisation declared the Covid -19 outbreak a global health emergency.

In march 11, 2020, the WHO declared coronavirus-19 a global pandemic.

coronavirus is still a new disease that scientists are still studying and learning therefore established facts about the virus are subject to change and updates

But scientist do know that coronavirus is zoonotic meaning that in begun from animals and was transferred the human beings

More to what scientists know is how the virus is spread, through droplets when you sneeze and cough and by touching your eyes, nose and mouth after contact with infected surface

Scientists further know the symptoms of coronavirus, they are:

Fever

Coughing

Body aches

Loss of smell

Headache

Muscle aches

Sore throat

Loss of taste

But new symptoms about the virus have been discovered by the CDC, and they are:

Runny nose

Nose congestion

Nausea

Diarrhoea.

Over 10 million people have tested positive around the world for coronavirus and over 6 million people have recovered and there are over 4 million active cases of Coronavirus around the world.

In Africa there are around 419, 035 positive cases of coronavirus and around 198,182 recoveries

In south Africa there are over 1 million conducted test and 159, 333 positive cases and around 76,025 recoveries

Thank you for reading,

Source: opera.com