课件 大健康英语 1.What is COVID-19 Introduction of 2019 Novel Coronavirus.pptVIP

* * * What is COVID-19? B What is COVID-19? C Where did the virus come from? D How is it transmitted? E How does the disease prestent? A F How can we tell whether someone is infected? 1 Background 1.Background In December 2019, there was a cluster of pneumonia cases in China. Investigations found that it was caused by a previously unknown virus, now named the 2019 Novel coronavirus. We’ll take a quick look at what’s currently known about the virus. Keep in mind that this is a new virus and what’s known about the virus now might change in the future. 2 What is Coronavirus? 2. What is Coronavirus? Coronaviruses are a large group of viruses. 2. What is Coronavirus? 2. What is Coronavirus? These include the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus first identified in China in 2003 and the Middle East Respiratory Symdrome coronavirus that was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012. The 2019 Novel Coronavirus was first identified in China. However, there are some types of coronaviruses that can cause severe disease. 2. What is Coronavirus? The 2019 Novel Coronavirus was first identified in China. It initially occurred in a group of people with pneumonia who’d been associated with a seafood live animal market in the city of Wuhan. 2. What is Coronavirus? The disease has since spread from those who were sick to others including family members and health care staff. There are many cases at present and the disease has spread within China and also to a number of other countries. 3. Where did the virus come from? 3. Where did the virus come from? It’s known that coronaviruses circulate in a range of animals. Sometimes these viruses can make the jump from animals to humans. This is called a spillover(溢出效应) and could be due to a few factors such as mutations(n. 突变；变化) in the virus. 3. Where did the virus come from? For example, MERS-CoV is known to be transmitted from camels and SARS-CoV from civet （n. 麝猫，香猫）cats. The animal reservoir of the 2019 Novel Coronaviru