Vaccines, Immunology and Clinical Trials

How deadly is the Coronavirus?

Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause sickness from normal virus to serious ailments such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). An epic coronavirus (nCoV) is another strain that has not been recently recognized in people. Coronaviruses are zoonotic which means they are transmitted from animals to people. Common symptoms are respiratory side effects, fever, cough, brevity of breath and breathing challenges. In severe cases, it leads to pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even it leads to death. Standard proposals to forestall contamination spread include hand washing, covering mouth and nose while coughing and sneezing, completely cooking meat and eggs.