Coronavirus Disease Covid
Stay in a specific “sick room,” and use a separate bathroom if you can. If you do need to go in, call your doctor or hospital first for guidance. These symptoms can start anywhere from 2 to 14 days after you’re in contact with the virus. What Is Coronavirus? The first case of COVID-19 was reported Dec. 1, 2019, and the cause was a then-new coronavirus later named SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 may have originated in an animal and changed so it could cause illness in humans. In the past, several infectious disease outbreaks have been traced to viruses originating in birds, pigs, bats and other animals that mutated to become dangerous to humans. Research continues, and more study may reveal how and why the coronavirus evolved to cause pandemic disease. There are many different kinds, and some cause disease. A coronavirus identified in 2019, SARS-CoV-2, has caused a pandemic of respiratory illness, called COVID-19. If you are a close contact of someone with COVID-19 and develop symptoms of C...