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Contagious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Starting in January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global health emergency; they declared the end of the emergency in May 2023.
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Key details are unknown, including whether the woman, who worked at a lab in Siberia, was infected with plague at all.
We asked Stuart Cohen, chief of infectious diseases at UC Davis Health, what you need to know about this form of plague, how it spreads and how deadly it is.
A Russian lab worker’s mysterious death from suspected pneumonic plague has led to quarantines and global alarm. Here’s what health experts want you to know.