The Coronavirus Outbreak

Coronaviruses (CoV) belong to a large family of viruses that cause the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV).A novel coronavirus (nCoV) has recently caused a disease outbreak that affects humans.Coronaviruses have animal hosts and they are transmitted from people to people, mainly through the respiratory system.Common signs of the disease are respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties.nCoV can also cause pneumonia, severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (ARS), renal failure and finally, death.The suggestions to prevent the spread of infection include regular hand washing, the use of mouth and nose masks, avoiding close gatherings, crowds and people who show symptoms of respiratory infection.At present, there are 71,442 coronavirus cases:, 1,776 deaths, 11,284 recovered, 58,382 currently infected patients, and 13,060 cases which had an outcome [1].