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  1. Corona Virus

    There are several types of Corona Virus.

     

    Initially they were known only in animals, 4 decades ago everything changed.

    The most severe of the known Corona Viruses are:

    the MERS Coronavirus (causing Middle East Respiratory Syndrome);

    the SARS Coronavirus (causing Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome),

    and the most recent 2019 Novel Coronavirus (the Wuhan Virus).

     

     

    The Wuhan Virus/ COVID 19 is called the 2019 Novel Coronavirus because it is was never seen such a mutation of an animal coronavirus.