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Bookmark or Share- Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants - World Health Organization (WHO)It remains critical that global systems to detect signals of potential variants of interest (VOIs) or variants of concern (VOCs) and rapidly assess the risk posed by SARS-CoV-2 variants to public health are maintained, and data are shared, according to good principles and in a timely fashion.
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Variants of SARS-COV-2What are variants of SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19? It is usual for viruses to change and evolve as they spread between people over time. When these changes become significantly different to a previously detected virus, these new virus types are known as “variants.”
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): How is it transmitted?We know that the disease is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which spreads between people in several different ways. Current evidence suggests that the virus spreads mainly between people who are in close contact with each other, for example at a conversational distance.
- Post COVID-19 conditions - World Health Organization (WHO)Post COVID-19 condition occurs in individuals with a history of probable or confirmed SARS- CoV-2 infection, usually 3 months from the onset of COVID-19 with symptoms that last for at least 2 months and cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis.
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - World Health Organization (WHO)Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a SARS-associated coronavirus. It was first identified at the end of February 2003 during an outbreak that emerged in China and spread to 4 other countries.
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