What is the COVID-19 Coronavirus?

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, which cause illnesses ranging from a common cold (some seasonal viruses are Coronaviruses) to more severe conditions such as MERS-VOCs or SARS.

The virus identified in January 2020 in China is a new Coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2. The disease caused by this coronavirus has been named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization - WHO. Since March 11, 2020, WHO has described the global situation of COVID-19 as a pandemic; that is to say, the epidemic is now global.