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Coronavirus: definition, symptoms and prevention

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There are two types of Coronavirus: a respiratory type in the Middle East region that was discovered for the first time in 2012 in Saudi Arabia.

The infection was passed down from camels to humans, which led to the death of more than 800 victims in the Middle East region.

The second type: a very severe respiratory disease, it was detected in 2003 with the first infection recorded in China in 2002.

It was passed down from bats to cats then to humans, and more than 650 people died in China and Hong Kong between 2002 and 2003.

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