Covid-19 Updates as of 25 February 2020

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COVID-19

Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). A novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans.
Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people.
Common signs of infection include:

Respiratory symptoms
Fever
Cough
Shortness of breath and breathing difficulties
In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, renal failure and even death.
When a disease is new as COVID-19, there is usually no vaccine until one is developed. It can even take a number of years for a new vaccine to be developed.

Globally: 79,424 confirmed cases, including 2,626 associated deaths
China: 77,262 confirmed cases, 2,595 deaths
Outside China: 2,162 confirmed cases, 17 deaths, from 33 countries
Iran: 61 confirmed cases, 12 deaths
Iraq: 1 case reported in Najaf – religious student travelling back from Iran

Limit human-to-human transmission including reducing secondary infections among close contacts and health care workers
Identify, isolate and care for patients early, including providing optimized care for infected patients
Address crucial unknowns regarding clinical severity, extent of transmission and infection, treatment options, and accelerate the development of diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines
Communicate critical risk and event information to all communities and counter misinformation
Minimize social and economic impact through multisectoral partnerships
Identify and reduce transmission from the animal source

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