OVID-19 is the disease transmitted by SARS_CoV2 virus. SARS_COV2 is the official name, when it did not yet have an official name it was often called nCoV-2019 or in China Wuhan-Hu-1 virus. The virus was first reported on December 30, 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei province. At the outbreak in 2019 and early 2020, the first patients were mainly visitors and employees of the Huahan fish market in Wuhan, with disease transmission between coughing and sneezing.
Recent research from the WHO evaluated the survival of the COVID-19 virus on different surfaces and reported that the virus can remain viable for up to 72 hours on plastic and stainless steel, up to four hours on copper, and up to 24 hours on cardboard.
An infected person infects an average of 2.2 other people . The disease is characterized by flu-like symptoms, including fever, cough, shortness of breath, muscle pain, fatigue. See also my Corona statistics page for the symptoms.
