Coronavirus

Coronavirus disease 2019 ('COVID-19) is an infectious disease]caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).^[1] It was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has resulted in an ongoing pandemic.^[2]^[3] The first case may be traced back to 17 November 2019.^[4]

Men are approximately twice as likely to die as women although the reasons for this are unclear. In contrast women are more likely to die than men of ebolavirus.