NEWSBREAK: 17 new COVID-19 deaths in Jamaica today. Overall deaths are 860 and 47,319 cases. Stay safe and wear mask. 5/16/21

 NEWSBREAK: 17 new COVID-19 deaths in Jamaica today. Overall deaths are 860 and 47,319 cases. Stay safe and wear mask. 5/16/21

The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan,... wikipedia.org

• Disease: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  
  
  
• Virus strain: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
• Date: December 2019 - present
• Index case: Wuhan, Hubei, China
• Symptoms: Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms may have COVID-19: Cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fever, chills, muscle pain, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell.
  
• Incubation period: The median incubation period for COVID-19 is four to five days. Most symptomatic people experience symptoms within two to seven days after exposure.