CORONA VIRUS: Some facts

Family‎: Coronaviridae ‎
Order‎: Nidovirals
Phylum‎: Incertia sedis
Subfamily‎: ‎ Orthocoronavirinae

Corona viruses are a group of related virus that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans, corona viruses cause respiratory tract infections (RTI) that can be mild, (e.g. Common cold) and others that can be lethal (E.g. SARS, MERS, SARS COV2 or COVID 19).

“Coronaviruses can cause a variety of illnesses in animals, but in people coronaviruses cause one-third of common colds and sometimes respiratory infections in premature infants”
Rob Stein … in 2003

“a previously unknown coronavirus caused an outbreak of SARS in humans.— Ali Moh Zaki et al.

“Italy has seen the most coronavirus cases in Europe, with more than 2,000 people ill and 76 deaths associated with COVID-19.”
Dayton (Ohio) Daily News