SUMMARIZED INFORMATION REGARDING CORONAVIRUS 19 (COVID 19) Updated 3/15/2020   HISTORY Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in people as well as animals Animal viruses, at times, are transmitted to humans resulting in serious illness.  Some examples include MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV and now this new virus SARS-CoV-2; the illness it causes is called COVID-19. Most recently, there has been confirmed person-to-person spread of COVID-19. Any outbreak of a novel virus infection between people is always of public health concern. The fact this disease has caused illness resulting in death, and achieved person-to-person spread, is concerning but together
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