COVID-19 coronavirus and influenza (the seasonal flu) are both respiratory diseases, and while both share similarities, there are also striking differences between the two. With the flu season impending in many parts of the globe, it is important to delineate between these two viral illnesses.

Basically, there are several Coronavirus strains that cause respiratory, gastrointestinal, liver and neurologic diseases in animals. Amongst them, only seven of coronavirus strains are known to cause disease in humans. SARS was the first pandemic of the 21st century, where Coronavirus (COVID-19) is ...

In December 2019, Chinese health authorities reported cases of acute respiratory illnesses caused by a novel coronavirus never before seen in humans in Wuhan, a city in Hubei, China. The disease, now referred to as COVID-19, has rapidly spread across the globe, prompting the World Health ...