Authors : Kirti Rani, Kirti Rani
DOI : 10.18231/j.ijcaap.2020.013
Volume : 5
Issue : 2
Year : 2020
Page No : 58-60
COVID-19 is very novel infectious disease which caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a strain of coronavirus. WHO officially named it, “COVID-19 dated on 11th February 2020. It was first observed in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019 and hence, its current outbreak was officially declared pandemic on 11 March 2020 byWHO(World Health Organization). There is no effective and specific treatment or vaccination existed for this pandemic till now. COVID-19 usually observed with systemic and various respiratory manifestations like high grade fever, sweating, cold, sneezing, dry cough,
pneumonia, muscle pain, vomiting, headache, dizziness, loose motion and diarrhea. The declared official virus name is similar to SARS-CoV, a strain of coronavirus that caused the previous epidemic called severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002-2004, hence WHO named it ”COVID-19 virus” to avoid any confusion when sharing or exchanging the clinical or medical information/data with the public.
Keywords: COVID-19, Coronavirus, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2.