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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19, also known as SARS-2) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever, [7] fatigue, cough, breathing difficulties, loss of smell, and loss of taste.
Michael Osterholm was born in Waukon, Iowa, the son of a newspaper photographer. [5] According to Osterholm, his father was physically abusive and an alcoholic. [5]Osterholm graduated from Luther College in 1975 with a B.A. in biology and political science. [6]
The human coronavirus NL63 shared a common ancestor with a bat coronavirus (ARCoV.2) between 1190 and 1449 CE. [76] The human coronavirus 229E shared a common ancestor with a bat coronavirus (GhanaGrp1 Bt CoV) between 1686 and 1800 CE. [77] More recently, alpaca coronavirus and human coronavirus 229E diverged sometime before 1960. [78]
While COVID-19 refers to the disease and SARS-CoV-2 refers to the virus which causes it, referring to the "COVID-19 virus" has been accepted. [9] [25] [29] Reference to SARS-CoV-2 as "the coronavirus" has become somewhat accepted despite such use implying that there is only one coronavirus species. Similarly, use of "COVID" for the disease (if ...
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Spain has resulted in 13,980,340 [4] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 121,852 [4] deaths.. The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Spain on 31 January 2020, when a German tourist tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in La Gomera, Canary Islands. [3]
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 COVID-19 pandemic in Paraguay was a part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Paraguay on March 7, 2020, in a 32-year-old man from Guayaquil , Ecuador , living in San Lorenzo , Central Department .