The BBC reports that the improved vaccine, developed by the American company Moderna, will be offered as a booster shot this fall.

People from the risk group and everyone over 50 will be vaccinated first.

  • The first vaccines against the coronavirus were developed at once by several companies in a record short time - in a matter of months after the first cases of infection were detected in China at the end of 2019.

  • But since then, the virus has mutated many times, and new versions of it have appeared, capable of bypassing the immune protection provided by vaccines, as a result of which new, less deadly, but still dangerous outbreaks of the disease are observed all over the world.

What you need to know about the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19

  • A previously unknown virus was discovered in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019.

  • The official name of the disease from the new coronavirus from China has become COVID-19 (coronavirus disease).

  • The World Health Organization recommends staying away from people who sneeze and cough, washing your hands well, not eating poorly processed (undercooked or undercooked) meat, and limiting social contacts.

  • The World Health Organization has declared the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus infection in the world as a pandemic.

  • Manifestations of the coronavirus are similar to other acute viral diseases.

    It is accompanied by high temperature, fever and breathing difficulties, the patient may have a cough, lethargy, worsening of the general condition;

    can cause bronchitis and pneumonia.

  • Coronaviruses are a family of more than 30 viruses that were first isolated in 1965.

    They affect people, domestic animals, pigs, cattle, birds and are capable of provoking damage to the respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract, and nervous system.

    The infection is known to spread from person to person.

    Symptoms include fever, cough and shortness of breath.

    Since these symptoms are similar to many other respiratory diseases, additional screening is necessary.

The most important questions and answers about the coronavirus Belarusian medics who died during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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