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  2. Blindness (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Blindness is the story of an unexplained mass epidemic of blindness afflicting nearly everyone in an unnamed city, and the social breakdown that swiftly follows. The novel follows the misfortune of a handful of unnamed characters who are among the first to be stricken with blindness, including an ophthalmologist, several of his patients, and assorted others, who are thrown together by chance.

  3. COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador - Wikipedia

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    The COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was reported to have spread to Ecuador on 29 February 2020, when a woman in her 70s tested positive for the virus.

  4. 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 ...

  5. SARS-CoV-2 - Wikipedia

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    On 11 February 2020, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses adopted the official name "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2" (SARS‑CoV‑2). [33] To avoid confusion with the disease SARS , the WHO sometimes refers to SARS‑CoV‑2 as "the COVID-19 virus" in public health communications [ 34 ] [ 35 ] and the name HCoV ...

  6. Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2022 - Wikipedia

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    Australia surpasses 11 million COVID-19 cases. [citation needed] Germany surpasses 37 million COVID-19 cases. [42] Malaysia has reported 721 new cases, bringing the total number to 5,018,584. There are 914 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,966,235. There are two deaths, bringing the death toll to 36,808. [43]

  7. COVID-19 - Wikipedia

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    The COVID‑19 vaccines are widely credited for their role in reducing the spread of COVID‑19 and reducing the severity and death caused by COVID‑19. [ 210 ] [ 213 ] Many countries implemented phased distribution plans that prioritized those at highest risk of complications, such as the elderly, and those at high risk of exposure and ...

  8. COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia - Wikipedia

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    The COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia was a part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Colombia on 6 March 2020.

  9. COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory - Wikipedia

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    This is a general overview and status of places affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus which causes coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, the capital of the province of Hubei in China in December 2019. It ...