The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global outbreak of coronavirus – an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Cases of novel coronavirus (nCoV) were first detected in China in December 2019, with the virus spreading rapidly to other countries across the world.

Jan 17, 2025 · Anyone can get sick with COVID-19 and become seriously ill or die at any age. The best way to prevent and slow down transmission is to be well informed about the disease and how the virus spreads. Protect yourself and others from infection by staying at least 1 metre apart from others, wearing a properly fitted mask, and washing your hands or ...

Aug 9, 2023 · The World Health Organization is the global coordinating agency for the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Organization works with Member States and partners on all aspects of the pandemic response, including facilitating research, developing guidance, coordinating vaccine development and distribution, and monitoring daily case numbers and ...

Information on COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus.

May 20, 2021 · COVID-19 deaths are a key indicator to track the evolution of the pandemic. However, many countries still lack functioning civil registration and vital statistics systems with the capacity to provide accurate, complete and timely data on births, deaths and causes of death.

COVID-19 is the disease caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. WHO first learned of this new virus on 31 December 2019, following a report of a cluster of cases of so-called viral pneumonia in Wuhan, People’s Republic of China.

Aug 9, 2023 · 这些长期影响被称为covid-19长期症状（或covid-19后遗症）。与covid-19长期症状相关的最常见的症状包括疲劳、呼吸困难和认知功能障碍（例如，精神错乱、健忘或精神不集中或思维不清晰）。covid-19长期症状会影响一个人从事工作或干家务等日常活动的能力。 治疗

Oct 13, 2020 · The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic loss of human life worldwide and presents an unprecedented challenge to public health, food systems and the world of work. The economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic is devastating: tens of millions of people are at risk of falling into extreme poverty, while the number of undernourished people, currently estimated at nearly 690 ...

The COVID-19 pandemic and the assoicated economic crisis poses huge global and local challenges The health, social and economic impact has affected all segments of the population but is particularly detrimental to social groups in vulnerable situations including; people …

May 29, 2015 · GOARN is supporting the COVID-19 pandemic response through the deployment of experts to support teams in countries and for high-level assessment missions, remote access to expert advice to inform outbreak risk assessments and operational planning, addressing research gaps, the development of innovative tools and much more.