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- pronunciation:
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vihd
naIn
tin
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a serious, potentially fatal disease caused by a novel coronavirus that broke out initially in 2019 and caused a pandemic in 2020. "Co" in Covid stands for "corona," "vi" stands for "virus," and "d" stands for "disease." The number 19 refers to the year 2019.
Many deaths from Covid-19 occurred among elderly people, but deaths among younger people occurred as well. |
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