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Coronavirus: All you need to know in around 500 words

Nature is sending us a message through Coronavirus – UN Virus reported to have originated in China's Wuhan has killed more than 211,000 people and infected more than three million.   What is Corona? Coronavirus is a largely family of viruses which may cause illness in animals or humans. In humans, several coronaviruses are known to respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The most recently discovered coronavirus causes coronavirus disease COVID-!9. Vaccination for COVD-19 Currently, there is no vaccine available to protect against the 2019 novel Coronavirus. Oxford University in London has already started corona vaccine trials. Elisa Granato, a microbiologist has become the first human to be injected for the human trial phase of the vaccine in the UK against the novel Coronavirus being developed by a group of scientists at the University