Difference between SARS-CoV-2 And COVID-19.

As the number of infected cases of COVID-19 grow globally, health officials share more information about same. When this infection was first reported in China, experts were calling it the "2019 novel coronavirus," which is just a new  coronavirus that had not been previously identified. 

As time went on, health officials identified it as COVID-19 and now, intertwined thereupon is SARS-CoV-2 consistent with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are actually several types of coronaviruses, some of which commonly cause mild upper-respiratory tract infections. There are seven sorts of coronavirus that infect humans, three of which evolved from animal strains.

Since there are many coronavirus types, referring to it simply as "coronavirus" is very general. The CDC and World Health Organization (WHO) encourage experts to use COVID-19 when pertaining to this new disease, a completely unique (or new) coronavirus that has not previously been seen in humans. Thus, the expansion goes like COVID-19, ‘CO’ stands for ‘corona,’ ‘VI’ for ‘virus,’ ‘D’ for disease and 19 indicates the year it was discovered.

Now that the general public has become familiar with this terminology, health officials have also begun using SARS-CoV-2 in connection with the recent outbreak. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, shortened to SARS-CoV-2, is really the virus that causes COVID-19 (the disease). As the name indicates, this virus is genetically related to the SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) that caused an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002-2003, however it is not the same virus.

Coronavirus" is a generic term that includes a large family of viruses, similar to saying someone has the flu. SARS-CoV-2 may be a specific virus which will cause COVID-19, a disease. As WHO explains, this is often almost like differentiating HIV and AIDS — HIV may be a virus that causes AIDS. It has been mentioned on their website, "People often know the name of a disease, such as measles, but not the name of the virus that causes it (rubeola)."

As we speak, COVID-19 has continued haunting the humanity for last fifteen months or so and the frontline team has worked relentlessly in getting things going. It is thus imperative for the public to follow the SOP, continue wearing masks and maintain social distancing. The vaccination drives are underway, the work is getting back on track and so the government is taking steps towards minimizing the cases and also to maintain the economy of the nation.