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This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in 2019, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 known to have been identified were in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019.
The U.S. government considers you fully vaccinated if you’ve received two primary vaccine doses and one of the updated booster shots. But because the updated booster shots are so new, the ...
COVID-19 is a serious respiratory disease, but how does it really affect your lungs if you get infected? Here’s what coronavirus can do to your lungs in mild-to-moderate, severe, and critical cases.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil has resulted in 37,511,921 [1] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 702,116 [1] deaths. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Brazil on 25 February 2020, [4] when a man from São Paulo who had traveled to Italy [5] tested positive for the virus. The disease had spread to every federative unit of Brazil by 21 March ...
The incubation period for the coronavirus is between 2 and 14 days. On average, COVID-19 symptoms appear around 5 days after exposure, but this can vary.
The UK records its highest number of COVID-19 deaths in one day, after a further 87 people die across the country, bringing the total to 422. [113] For the first time, all of the UK's mobile networks send out a government text alert. The message reads: "GOV.UK COVID-19 ALERT. New rules in force now: you must stay at home.
As of 21 September 2024, according to Indian government figures, India has the second-highest number of confirmed cases in the world (after the United States of America) with 45,043,037 [4] reported cases of COVID-19 infection and the third-highest number of COVID-19 deaths (after the United States and Brazil) at 533,636 [4] deaths.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) may cause gastrointestinal problems such as diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal pain more often than is commonly known, early research from China shows.