Updated on March 17 at 6:43 p.m. ET: Thousands of people have now died from COVID-19 — the name for the disease caused by the coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, China.
According to the World Health Organization, the disease is relatively mild in about 80% of cases.
What does mild mean?
And how does this disease turn fatal?
The first symptoms of COVID-19 are pretty common with respiratory illnesses — fever, a dry cough and shortness of breath, says Dr. Carlos del Rio, a professor of medicine and global health at Emory University who has consulted with colleagues treating coronavirus patients in China and Germany. “Some people also get a headache, sore throat,” he says. Fatigue has also been reported — and less commonly, diarrhea. It may feel as if you have a cold. Or you may feel that flu-like feeling of being hit by a train.
Maria Godoy – NPR – February 14, 2020.
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