1.what does COVID-19 stands for? What is this virus?
2.Who is the speaker of the topic "COVID 19 virus"?
3.what are the two other corona viruses that cause form of common colds?
4.is corona virus the worst virus compared to those that occurred before? Explain
5.According to the speaker should people panic with the occurrence of this virus? Yes or No. Why?
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Answer:
1.COVID-19 is a disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus. 'CO' stands for corona, 'VI' for virus, and 'D' for disease. Formerly, this disease was referred to as '2019 novel coronavirus' or '2019-nCoV.
2.Speaker key:TJ hello
3.You know the drill. Your throat feels scratchy, you start sneezing and coughing, and pretty soon you're in the grip of a nasty cold. To add insult to injury, all that big-time misery is from a tiny invader -- a living thing called a virus.
4.Coronavirus has spread much more quickly than SARS or MERS.
The latest data suggests that it's less deadly than either SARS or MERS.
It will take several weeks to be confident about how the virus behaves, including its mortality rate
5.It’s a virus scientists have never seen before. Health officials don’t know exactly where it came from, but it has traveled more than 7,000 miles since it was discovered late last month in central China. New infections are confirmed every day despite an unprecedented quarantine. The death toll is rising, too.
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