Awni farhan Ismael Alani*

Department of Oral Surgery, BPP University, UK and Alraya Specialist Dental Center, Bahrain

*Corresponding Author: Awni farhan Ismael Alani, Department of Oral Surgery, BPP University, Uk and Alraya Specialist Dental Center, Bahrain.

Received: November 25, 2021; Published: December 08, 2021

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an illness caused by a novel coronavirus, which is now called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) previously known as 2019-nCoV), it was first identified in an outbreak of respiratory illness cases in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. The WHO initially reported it on December 2019. And on January 30, 2020, it was declared that the COVID-19 is an outbreak and a global health emergency by the WHO. On March 11, 2020, the WHO announced COVID-19 a global pandemic, becoming the first such designation since the H1N1 influenza pandemic in 2009./p>

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Citation

Citation: Awni farhan Ismael Alani. “Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)". Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 6.1 (2022): 25-27.

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