Epidemiology of Coronavirus, Impact and Sustainability Across Continents: A Report
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The Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) was caused by SARS-CoV-2, a highly pathogenic, novel zoonotic βcoronavirus. The infection was reported less than a decade after the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in 2012, which was reported precisely a decade after SARS-CoV-1 infection, discovered in 2002; the three viruses being zoonotic β-CoVs, leading to severe and potentially fatal respiratory tract infections. COVID-19 started locally in Wuhan but has spread globally to 231 countries within the six habitable continents of the world as of September 22, 2023, affecting health, socio-lifestyle, and economy, leading to changes to accommodate sustainability. A total of 695, 684,448 cases have been recorded with 6,919,216 deaths and 667,700,972 recoveries as of September 2023. This is a global review across the continents of the world, highlighting the epidemiology and impact of the virus as well as human sustainability despite the pandemic.
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