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AN UNPRECEDENTED OUTBREAK OF RESPIRATORY ILLNESS OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN EMERGED IN

CHINA CAUSING GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN.

CORONAVIRUSES ARE A LARGE FAMILY OF VIRUSES KNOWN TO CAUSE MILD TO

MODERATE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION. HUNDREDS OF CORONAVIRUSES

CIRCULATE AMONG ANIMALS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE TRANSFERRED TO HUMANS. A NEWLY

IDENTIFIED STRAIN, DISTINCT BUT CLOSELY RELATED FROM BOTH SARS-COV AND MERS-COV,

HAS CAUSED A RECENT OUTBREAK OF RESPIRATORY ILLNESS.

THE THIRD NOVEL CORONAVIRUS TO EMERGE THIS CENTURY HAS BEEN NAMED COVID-

19 WHICH STANDS FOR CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019.