What is a Coronavirus which A New Type of Virus are been Plague in China?

TRIBUNBATAM.id - Chinese scientists have identified the type of virus that caused the pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan city as a new type of coronavirus.

The mysterious outbreak of pneumonia in China that had become the world's attention.

So, What is a corona virus?

Corona virus is a common type of virus that causes infections of the nose, sinuses or upper throat.

Launch Web MD, Tuesday (21/1/2010), most of the corona virus is harmless, but some types are very serious. 

One type that is dangerous, namely the corona virus was once the cause of death of 475 people in the Middle East.

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The virus causes respiratory syndrome in the Middle East (MERS) in 2012 in Saudi Arabia.

Then in 2015, a number of people reportedly died of acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003.

Usually, the corona virus causes symptoms of the common cold that can be treated easily with medication and adequate rest.

The corona virus was first identified in the 1960s. However, this virus is unknown where it came from. Generally, this virus infects animals and humans. 

Bhanu Sud MD, an infectious disease specialist in St. Jude Medical Center in Placentia California, said, corona means crown.

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"So that this virus looks like a crown when viewed under an electron microscope," Sud told Healthline, Tuesday (1/21/2020). 

The spread of the corona virus is the same as the flu

According to him, most of the corona virus is not dangerous. This virus usually causes mild upper respiratory tract disease, such as the common cold.

"Most people will be infected with this virus at least once in their lives," Sud said.