ICoronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) yisifo esithathelwanayo esibangelwa i-acute coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Icala lokuqala elaziwayo latholakala eWuhan, eChina, ngoDisemba 2019. Lesi sifo selokhu sabhebhetheka emhlabeni wonke, saholela kubhadane oluqhubekayo. Imbangela I-COVID-19 ibangelwa ukutheleleka ngegciwane elinzima le-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Ukwelapha Akukho ukwelashwa okuqondile, okusebenzayo noma okwelapha isifo se-coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), isifo esibangelwe yigciwane le-SARS-CoV-2. [183] [idinga ukuvuselelwa] [184] Ngakho-ke, itshe legumbi lokuphathwa kwe-COVID- 19 ukunakekelwa okusekelayo, okubandakanya ukwelashwa ukuqeda izimpawu, ukwelashwa okunamanzi, ukwesekwa komoya-mpilo nokuma okujwayelekile njengoba kudingeka, kanye nemithi noma amadivayisi wokusekela ezinye izitho ezibalulekile ezithintekile. Ezinye Izilwane Abantu babonakala bekwazi ukusabalalisa leli gciwane kwezinye izilwane, uhlobo lokudluliswa kwezifo olubizwa nge-zooanthroponosis. Ezinye izilwane ezifuywayo, ikakhulukazi amakati nama-ferrets, zingalithola leli gciwane kubantu abanaleli gciwane. [] Izimpawu emakati zihlanganisa ukuphefumula (okufana nokukhwehlela) kanye nezimpawu zokugaya ukudla. [] Amakati angasabalalisa leli gciwane kwamanye amakati, futhi angakwazi ukusabalala igciwane liya kubantu, kepha ukudluliswa kwekati-kuya-kumuntu kwe-SARS-CoV-2 akukatholakali.