COVID-19

1. What are the symptoms?

1.1. pneumonia

1.2. severe acute respiratory syndrome

1.3. kidney failur

2. How is the virus transmitted?

2.1. The disease can be spread from person to person

2.2. through moisture from the nose or mouth

3. What measures are countries taking?

3.1. China put three cities -Wuhan, Huanggang and Ezhou - on lockdown

3.2. In Italy, the entire country is on lockdown

3.3. Spain announced a lockdown of four provinces in Catalonia

3.4. US has banned all arrivals from Europe for 30 days

3.5. schools across France would be closed

4. WHAT IS

4.1. Pandemic virus

4.1.1. With 138,959 confirmed cases and 5,111 deaths

4.2. Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning that they are transferred from animals to humans

5. Where did the virus come from?

5.1. The virus originated in Wuhan

5.1.1. a city of 11 million people in the central Chinese province of Hubei

5.2. It is believed that the virus was transmitted via bats

6. How long will it last?

6.1. Most estimates suggest that a vaccine for coronavirus is at least a year away

6.2. Although scientists in Israel recently said that they were 'a few weeks' from developing one