Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can cause infection in animals and humans. In humans, they cause respiratory infections of varying severity. It is estimated that coronaviruses are responsible for a very significant proportion of common colds in adults and children.
The new coronavirus 2019-nCoV is now called SARS-CoV-2, while the infection it causes is called COVID-19. This new virus appeared in China in December 2019 and was later confirmed to be a new coronavirus and is a member of the same large family as the previous coronaviruses SARS and MERS.
Below is more information from official international, European and Cypriot websites:
https://ec.europa.eu/commiss…/presscorner/detail/…/ip_20_386
https://ec.europa.eu/…/european-commission-research-actions
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157462320218167&id=6115848166
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
https://www.cdc.gov/…/schools-ch…/guidance-for-schools.html
https://www.moh.gov.cy/…/A…/B61D53E79B2D75E9C225851B003D33C7
https://www.shso.org.cy/category/announcements/
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
https://www.sciencemag.org/coronavirus-research-commentary
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Cyprus Biological Society