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    Godwin Paul V.

    Efondo 11-Stem

    COVID-19
    Upper respiratory tract infections in children, it was 1960s, when Human
    Coronaviruses is characterized. According to Kahn, Jeffrey S. MD et al, “Since 2003,
    at least 5 coronaviruses have been identified, including the severe acute respiratory
    syndrome coronavirus.” Human coronaviruses began 1965, B814 was found-a virus
    named by Tyrrell and Bone, in human embryonic tracheal organ cultures obtained
    from the respiratory tract of an adult with a common cold, it became included to
    229E, alongside Hamre’s virus. During the late 1960s, a new group of viruses were
    named coronavirus, including the viruses named infectious bronchitis virus, mouse
    hepatitis virus and transmissible gastroenteritis virus of swine, hence the evolution of
    animal related coronavirus.

    Year 2002-2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) spread rapidly around
    the world-a coronavirus originated in Southern China, then the SARS-COV-1
    genome was identified in Canada, April 2003. Another Coronavirus was identified in
    Middle East named MERS-COV (Middle East respiratory syndrome) in year 2012, it
    was transferred to humans from infected dromedary camels. December 2019 when a
    new species of severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (SARSr-CoV)
    was discovered, named Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
    CoV-2), previously referred to 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and  also been
    called human coronavirus 2019 (HCoV-19 or hCoV-19), the pathogen of COVID-19
    outbreak - declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International
    Concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020 by WHO (World
    Health Organization).

    SARS-COV-2 Was considered as a natural selection when it evolved and isolated in


    bats, there are no evidence in the structure of the virus that it was artificially created
    and cultivated, hence, the sequence of genome suggests natural selection. COVID is
    transferred from person to person through infected secretions such as saliva and
    respiratory secretions, or through their respiratory droplets, which are expelled when
    an infected person coughs, sneezes, talks or sings, this was according to World
    Health Organization (WHO).

    The new variant of COVID-19 was discovered September 2020 at UK (United


    Kingdom), South-Africa early October 2020 and Nigeria, Viruses including the virus
    that cause COVID, viruses are expected to mutate so it not shocking at all. Mutation
    occurs in DNA replication, a DNA copying mistake in cell division is caused by
    exposure to radiation, to chemicals called mutagens, or infection by the virus. The
    mutation can be either beneficial or disadvantageous to the virus, in the case of the
    new variant of COVID it was beneficial for the virus, although the variants were
    individually mutated in the said countries it shares the same mutation, variant seems
    to spread more easily and quickly than other variants. Studies show that the new
    variant doesn’t increase the severity and risk of death.
    Godwin Paul V. Efondo 11-Stem

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    19-man-made-or-natural/51980
    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-u-k-coronavirus-mutation-is-worrying-
    but-not-terrifying/
    https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/transmission/variant.html
    https://www.who.int/health-topics/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-
    mers#tab=tab_1
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    oronavirus.12.aspx
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    https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/transmission-of-sars-cov-2-
    implications-for-infection-prevention-precautions#:~:text=Current%20evidence
    %20suggests%20that%20transmission,%2C%20talks%20or%20sings.

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