searchlight books Understanding the Coronavirus Understanding COVID-19 Margaret J Goldstein Lerner Publications Minneapolis
Chapter 1 VIRUS ALERT In 2020 a deadly virus spread around the world The virus emerged in China at the end of 2019 Then international travelers carried it to other nations Scientists studied the virus to learn more about it They discovered it was a coronavirus a name that means crown virus 4
Each virus particle is covered by little spikes They look like points on a crown A team of international scientists gave the virus an official name SARS-CoV-2 but the media simply called it the coronavirus The virus caused a disease called COVID-19 The spikes on the coronavirus lock into cells in the human body 5
