You can also get coronavirus from close contact (touching, shaking hands) with an infected person and then touching your face. You may be infected if you inhale these droplets. The virus travels in respiratory droplets released into the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes, talks, sings or breathes near you. How does the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) spread from person to person? From there, the virus can spread to other body tissues. It attaches to cells there, begins to multiply and moves into lung tissue. It then travels to the back of your nasal passages and mucous membrane in the back of your throat. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, enters your body through your mouth, nose or eyes (directly from the airborne droplets or from the transfer of the virus from your hands to your face). In the case of SARS-CoV-19, the first people infected are thought to have contracted the virus at a food market that sold meat, fish and live animals. Eventually, the virus can jump from animal species and begin to infect humans. 
The viruses may change (mutate) as they transfer to other species. Sometimes these viruses then spread to different animal species. The viruses live in but don’t infect the animals. Where do coronaviruses come from?Ĭoronaviruses are often found in bats, cats and camels. It has since spread to every country around the world. The new strain of coronavirus - SARS-CoV-2 - was first reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and the common cold are examples of coronaviruses that cause illness in humans. They are called “corona” because of crown-like spikes on the surface of the virus.
What is coronavirus?Ĭoronaviruses are a family of viruses that can cause respiratory illness in humans.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a virus (more specifically, a coronavirus) identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness.
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