Covid-19 Pandemic: An Overview

Abstract

In December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, caused by Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in China, has spread globally in a short time and World Health Organization declared the outbreak as a pandemic in March 2020. Until now, more than three million people have been infected, and more than two hundred thousand have died. In this review, the current knowledge about COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 was summarized.

Keywords

• Coronavirus
• COVID-19
• pandemics
• SARS-CoV-2

Covid-19 Pandemisi: Genel Bir Bakış

Abstract

Aralık 2019 tarihinde Çin’de başlayan “ağır akut solunum sendromu koronavirüs 2”nin (“Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2”, SARS-CoV-2) neden olduğu koronavirüs hastalığı 2019 (“Coronavirus disease 2019”, COVID-19) salgını, kısa sürede tüm dünyaya yayılmış ve Mart 2020’de Dünya Sağlık Örgütü tarafından pandemi ilan edilmiştir. Şimdiye kadar, tüm dünyada üç milyondan fazla insan etkilenmiş ve iki yüz binden fazla kişi hayatını kaybetmiştir. Bu derlemede COVID-19 ve SARS-CoV-2 hakkındaki mevcut bilgiler özetlenmiştir.

Keywords

• Coronavirus
• COVID-19
• pandemics
• SARS-CoV-2

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