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COVID-19

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Starting in January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global health emergency; they declared the end of the emergency in May 2023.

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Symptoms — what it feels like

·Fever, cough, , shortness of breath, vomiting, loss of taste or smell; some cases

How it's found

·RTPCR testing, CT scan, rapid antigen test

Prevention

·Vaccination, face coverings, quarantine, social distancing, , hand washing

Treatment

· and supportive

Complications

·, , ARDS, kidney failure, failure, , CKS, MIS-C, long COVID, brain damage

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