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A term for COVID-19 used by former United States president Donald Trump to emphasize that the pandemic started in China. Comirnaty. Main article: Comirnaty. The commercial name for the FDA approved COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer, released August 21, 2021. It also has several other names or designators used on the actual vials. Community transmission
The large number and global range of bat and avian species that host viruses have enabled extensive evolution and dissemination of coronaviruses. [74] Many human coronaviruses have their origin in bats. [75] The human coronavirus NL63 shared a common ancestor with a bat coronavirus (ARCoV.2) between 1190 and 1449 CE. [76]
On 24 January, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimated that about 57% of the world's population had been infected by COVID-19. [62] [63] By 6 March, it was reported that the total worldwide death count had surpassed 6 million people. [241] By 6 July, Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 had spread worldwide. [242]
[63] [64] The number of people infected with COVID-19 has reached more than 767 million worldwide, with a death toll of 6.9 million. [c] [65] It is considered likely that the virus will eventually become endemic and, like the common cold, cause less severe disease for most people. [66]
Coronavirus may also refer to: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a strain that emerged in 2019 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the disease it causes; COVID-19 pandemic, the global spread of that disease; Coronavirus, a 2020 Indian drama film by Agasthya Manju
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 ...
Coronavirus diseases are caused by viruses in the coronavirus subfamily, a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans and birds, the group of viruses cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal.
[21] [22] According to the World Health Organization, approximately 10 million new TB infections occur every year, and 1.5 million people die from it each year – making it the world's top infectious killer (before COVID-19 pandemic). [21] However, there is a lack of sources which describe major TB epidemics with definite time spans and death ...