Lahore, 25th June: The novel coronavirus has threatened the 21st century and changed the course of life as we had known it. With around 7,941,404 confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide and around 434,796 deaths, this virus has become a source of major concern and is continuing to rise. What is it: COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus, hence called the novel coronavirus (CoV). This is a new virus related to the same family of viruses as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and some types of a common cold. The first case that originated from this virus was reported in Wuhan City, China, in December 2019. The evidence present supports that SARS-CoV-2 has a zoonotic source and that it has not been constructed in a laboratory, as they did not find a mix of known elements with genomic sequences in the virus.  Trends over the world: As of 25th June 2020, there have been a total of 9,565,546 confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide and around 485,690 deaths. There has been a general trend of increase in the number of cases of coronavirus across the world, the cases started to rise around the end of March … Continue reading COVID-19: A Threat in Pakistan