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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) belongs to the beta-coronavirus family, a group of single-positive-strand RNA viruses with envelopes. Coronavirus was named since its crown-like appearance observed under an electron microscope. They are infectious commonly between humans and animals. Currently, there are seven species known to infect humans: HCoV-229E, HCoV-NL63, HCoV-HKU1, HCoV-OC43, SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2. According to the WHO announcement, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 is called COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease-2019).
GLOBAL epidemic of SARS-CoV-2
As of Nov 29, 2021, there have been a total of 260,446,893 reported cases in 195 countries/regions, including 5,207,502 deaths. Since the genetic material of the virus is a single-stranded RNA, which is more likely to mutate while replication. Today, many mutant strains have appeared, include the more infectious variants: the United Kingdom (B.1.1.7), South Africa (B.1.351), Brazil (P.1), and recently reported new mutant strain Omicron (B.1.1.529). Omicron has been listed as a variant of concern (VOC) by the WHO, as of Nov 28, at least 13 countries have reported more than 100 cases.