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How serious is the 2019- 20 Corona virus?

How Corona virus spreading all over the world so fast?
COVID-19, the disease caused by the new Corona virus (SARS-CoV-2), continues to spread around the world.


According to the WHO , globally there have been almost 1,80,000 confirmed cases of people sickened by COVID-19 and close to 7,500 people have died from the disease- a death severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic that occurred in 2002 and 2003.

Officials everywhere have implemented measures to contain the virus, including cancellation, closers, travel restrictions and quarantines.

Is COVID-19 a pandemic?


The WHO World health organization has officially called the disease a pandemic- a disease outbreak occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting and exceptionally high proportion of the population.
The United States has declared the pandemic a national emergency, and States throughout the country are taking major measures to slow the spread of the disease.

There is also more than to learn about how COVID-19 spread - and how contagious it is?









Some facts about the ongoing issue






Resource https://www.cdc.gov/

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