Are there people at risk of developing a more severe form of the disease?
As with many infectious diseases, including influenza, people with pre-existing chronic diseases (hypertension, cardiovascular disease, dia...Read More
Is there a vaccine for Covid-19?
Pneumonia vaccines, such as pneumococcal vaccine and Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib) vaccine, unfortunately, do not protect against coro...Read More
Covid-19 coronavirus test
Currently, only PCR tests can detect the presence of coronavirus. But screening for the disease is not systematic in case of symptoms. Who c...Read More
How are emerging coronaviruses transmitted?
Coronaviruses are of animal origin: one species ("reservoir") harbours a virus without being sick and transmits it to another spec...Read More
What's a coronavirus?
It is from their crown of proteins, observable under the electron microscope that the name coronaviruses (CoV) come from, a vast family of v...Read More
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