COVID-19 causes

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Causes

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
SARS-CoV-2 belongs to the large family of viruses known as Coronaviruses (CoV).^[5]
To read more about the virus, click here.

References

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