COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 ín-khí ê kip-sèng thoân-jiám-pēⁿ; lán kóng sī bú-hàn hì-iām / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
COVID-19, choân-miâ 2019 koan-chōng pēⁿ-to̍k pēⁿ (2019冠狀病毒病[7]), sī chi̍t-chióng ho͘-khip hē-thóng siū kám-jiám ê kip-sèng thoân-jiám-pēⁿ, pēⁿ-gôan sī SARS-CoV-2. Chia pēⁿ hō͘ Tiong-kok koaⁿ-hong chiām-sî kiò chò 2019 sin-hêng koan-chōng pēⁿ-to̍k hì-iām (2019新型冠狀病毒肺炎)[8], Tâi-oân chiong i kiò chò giâm-tiōng te̍k-sû thoân-jiám-sèng hì-iām (嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎)[9]. Mā thang kiò chò Bú-hàn hì-iām (武漢肺炎)[10].
Quick Facts Coronavirus disease 2019, Other names ...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) | |
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Other names | COVID, (the) coronavirus |
Transmission and life-cycle of SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19. | |
Pronunciation | |
Specialty | Infectious disease |
Symptoms | Fever, cough, fatigue, shortness of breath, vomiting, loss of taste or smell; some cases asymptomatic[2][3] |
Complications | Pneumonia, viral sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, kidney failure, cytokine release syndrome, respiratory failure, pulmonary fibrosis, paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome, long COVID |
Usual onset | 2–14 days (typically 5) from infection |
Duration | 5 days to chronic |
Causes | Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) |
Diagnostic method | [[Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction|rRTPang-bô͘:NbhyphPCR testing]], CT scan, Rapid antigen test |
Prevention | Vaccination,[4] face coverings, quarantine, physical/social distancing, ventilation, hand washing[5] |
Treatment | Symptomatic and supportive |
Frequency | 159,845,155[6] confirmed cases |
Deaths | 3,321,212[6] |
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