Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jan 3, 2025 · Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Most people infected with the virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Aug 9, 2023 · COVID-19 is the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. It usually spreads between people in close contact. COVID-19 vaccines provide strong protection against severe illness and death. Although a person can still get COVID-19 after vaccination, they are more likely to have mild or no symptoms.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Information on COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Mar 28, 2023 · 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.
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Situation Reports
Jul 15, 2024 · The Epidemiological Update provides an overview of the global, regional and country-level COVID-19 cases and deaths, highlighting key data and trends; as well as other pertinent epidemiological information concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 Monthly Operational Update reports on WHO and partners’ actions in response to the pandemic.
COVID-19 epidemiological update – 24 December 2024
Dec 24, 2024 · This is a special edition of the epidemiological update on COVID-19 that gives an overview of the situation since the disease was first reported to WHO nearly five years ago. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, largely circulates without clear seasonality and continues to infect, causing severe acute disease and post-COVID-19 condition.
Milestone: COVID-19 five years ago - World Health Organization …
Dec 30, 2024 · Five years ago on 31 December 2019, WHO’s Country Office in China picked up a media statement by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission from their website on cases of ‘viral pneumonia’ in Wuhan, China. In the weeks, months and years that unfolded after that, COVID-19 came to shape our lives and our world.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic - World Health …
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.
مرض فيروس كورونا (كوفيد-19)
تواصل منظمة الصحة العالمية رصد هذه الجائحة والاستجابة لها. وستُحدّث هذه الصفحة المخصصة للأسئلة والأجوبة كلما زادت المعارف بشأن كوفيد-19 وطريقة انتشاره وتأثيره في الناس في جميع أنحاء العالم. وللحصول على مزيد من ...
WHO policy brief: COVID-19 testing - World Health Organization …
Dec 10, 2024 · COVID-19 testing and reporting strategies should be linked to genomic surveillance and phenotypic assessment. As countries shift to comprehensive, long-term management of COVID-19 within broader disease prevention and control programmes, they should remain prepared to rapidly expand testing in the event of …