Originating from Wuhan, China, cases rapidly spread to Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States as it reached global proportions. , 2017) Italian estimates (using the Goldstein index) showed a rate of ,000 (CI 95 ), slightly higher compared to the European rate. Among men, five of the nine major occupational groups had statistically higher age-standardised mortality rates of death involving the coronavirus (COVID-19) than the rate of death involving COVID-19 among men of the same age in the general population (Figure 1). , human coronavirus 229E (HuCoV-229E) and NL63 (Alphacoronavirus) and HKU1 and OC43 (Betacoronavirus), are a common cause of upper respiratory tract infection.
There are typically two influenza seasons in Hong KongJanuary through March or April and July through Augustbut an unusual and sudden increase of patients with influenza-like illness (ILI) presented to government clinics there on July 13, 1968. Fast coronavirus tests: what they can and can't do In one week, Diane Havlir at the University of California, San Francisco, and her colleagues tested about 3,300 people in the city for SARS-CoV-2. Explore a collection of articles and other resources on the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, including clinical reports, management guidelines, and commentary.