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What you should know about COVID-19
| Special Report: Coronavirus disease What you should know about COVID-19 |
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Hello ,
A new strain of coronavirus causes a disease called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It emerged at the end of 2019 in some residents of a central Chinese province called Hubei. |
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So far, cases have been concentrated in China, with increasing numbers of cases in other parts of the world, including the United States. The virus has killed more than 2,700 people in China, although most who have died of the virus have had serious underlying illness.
Here, Salvador Alvarez, M.D., an Infectious Diseases specialist at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, answers questions about the virus. | | READ THE FULL REPORT | | |
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