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  2. Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    The timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic lists the articles containing the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, [1] the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 occurred in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, on or about 17 November 2019. [2]

  3. History of coronavirus - Wikipedia

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    [60] 229E and OC43 were collectively named Human respiratory virus but merged as Human coronavirus 229E (HCoV-229E) in 2009. [61] The first discovered human coronavirus B814 was antigenically different from 229E and OC43, [62] but it could not be propagated in culture and was exhausted during experiments in 1968, [63] thus, was excluded in ...

  4. Origin of SARS-CoV-2 - Wikipedia

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    The FBI concluded with "moderate confidence" that COVID-19 may have been created in a laboratory, based in part on genomic analysis conducted by scientists at the National Center for Medical Intelligence. [98] On 20 March 2023, the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 was signed into law. On June 23, 2023, the Biden administration released its report ...

  5. SARS-CoV-2 - Wikipedia

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    [27] [28] In January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended "2019 novel coronavirus" (2019-nCoV) [5] [29] as the provisional name for the virus. This was in accordance with WHO's 2015 guidance [ 30 ] against using geographical locations, animal species, or groups of people in disease and virus names.

  6. CIA becomes latest intel agency to conclude COVID-19 likely ...

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    The first known cases of COVID-19 in humans came in Wuhan in November 2019. Some 1.2 million Americans were died in the COVID-19 pandemic, per data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  7. COVID-19 naming - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Coronavirus - Wikipedia

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    Transmission and life-cycle of SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19. Coronaviruses vary significantly in risk factor. Some can kill more than 30% of those infected, such as MERS-CoV, and some are relatively harmless, such as the common cold. [49] Coronaviruses can cause colds with major symptoms, such as fever, and a sore throat from swollen adenoids. [91]

  9. COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    A COVID-19 vaccine is intended to provide acquired immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 . Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, an established body of knowledge existed about the structure and function of coronaviruses causing diseases like severe acute ...