Question

​​​​63. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES have shown that millions of lives have been wiped out due to
pandemics. In 1918, the H1N1 influenza virus pandemic infected one-third of the world’s population
and killed at least 50 million worldwide and about 675,000 in the United States. Characterization of the
current pandemic virus includes the following.
a. The current pandemic is caused by a zoonotic virus which has different names
b. The current pandemic is caused SARS-COV2
c. The current pandemic is caused COVID-19
d. b and c are correct
e. a, b, and c are correct

Answer 1

A and B options are correct.

A- (correct) The current virus is a zoonotic virus as it spreads in humans through a non human origin usually vertebrate via virus( sars-cov-2) and it has different names like :-

• Coronavirus,
• COVID,
• 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease,
• Severe pneumonia with novel pathogens.

B- (correct) the current pandemic is caused by SARS-CoV-2 which stands for Severe Acute respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 which causes covid19.

C- (incorrect) the current pandemic is not caused be covid19 instead it is caused by SARS-CoV-2 and covid19 is the name for novel corona virus which emerges in December 2019 in Wuhan, China.