What is COVID-19?

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COVID-19 is one of the most deadliest viruses in the world, It has more than 40 million cases reported and an unimaginable number of deaths. The virus started in Wuhan, China and spread worldwide. The virus is very contagious, even people within eyesight of the person who has Covid can catch the Virus in the span of a second.  In addition, the virus also causes respiratory diseases like pneumonia with symptoms like cough, fever and in some of the severe cases difficulty in breathing. The disease starts to make your body weaker from day 1 till day 14. For Senior Citizens with pre-existing medical conditions like diabetes, asthma, heart disease could become severely sick with the Virus. Current Statistics show that there are 44.5 million cases reported, 30.1 million recovered and 1.17 million deaths.  Infact, many superstars (Mr. Amitabh Bachchan, Paulo Dybala) have also been suspected with the virus and are getting treated, a few died from the virus too. There are two types of cases, Symptomatic and Asymptomatic, Symptomatic cases are people who display symptoms of Covid and Asymptomatic cases are people who display none of the symptoms of Covid but are still tested positive. Severity of Cases can vary in different people. 

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