• Question: What is the scientific difference between covid19 and corona virus?

    Asked by anon-244286 to Ondrej, Jordan, Eleanor, Ed, Christine, Alice on 18 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Edward Banks

      Edward Banks answered on 18 Mar 2020:


      Coronavirus is a group of viruses that range in severity- some common colds are caused by corona virus! Covid-19 is the name given to one specific type of coronavirus which is causing the current pandemic.

    • Photo: Eleanor Jones

      Eleanor Jones answered on 18 Mar 2020:


      As Ed has said, the Covid-19 virus is a type of coronavirus and there are many different types of coronavirus.

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