COVID-19 Updates - Virus Origin Story & Global and Indian Lockdown

Dunlop More, Kolkata during Lockdown
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COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease 2019) is a spectrum of diseases (of which worst case scenario is pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome/ARDS) caused by novel corona virus/severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-Cov2). As it turned into pandemic declared by WHO on March 11, 2020 (second after Swine Flu pandemic in 2009), it was first detected in Wuhan city of Hubei district of China by end of November 2019, and like many developing (and communist) countries, China ignored the early signs of epidemic and WHO was allowed for surveillance on January 8, 2020. 

Soon the COVID-19 started detecting in several other countries. So far worst hit countries are Italy, Spain, France, UK and USA. China is reporting negligible no. of new cases after March 15. 

Initially there were few conspiracy theories landed up, as SARS-CoV2 is a bioweapon made by China. However bioweapons like Anthrax does possess features like high infectivity, high virulence, non-availability of vaccines, and availability of an effective and efficient delivery system. That does not go with SARS-Cov2. But many say that China saw this outbreak back in August as they recovered so fast. And China did not inform it to the world, as the world suffers til date due to Covid-19.