Epidemiology SARS-CoV-2

A novel coronavirus causing severe acute respiratyory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in China and has spred globally, creating a worldwide pandemic. At the end of 2019, several cases of atypical pneumonia of unknown a etiology, were initially detected and reported in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Shortly afterwards, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified the novel coronavirus from the throat swab sample of a patient as the causative agent, and officially announced it on 7 January 2020. The virus spread rapidly to more than 150 countries, between december 31, 2019 and February 28, 2020, 83,631 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 2,858 deaths. Overcoming this pandemic will depend a greater extent on the discipline that the world population has to respect the rules of coexistence / social distancing and the only and best measure to prevent cases in future seasons will be to keep guard and not stop applying suggested prevention measures.