A video graphic has been published showing a representation of the coronavirus that is sweeping the planet. So far the virus has infected more than 180,000 people and killed more than 7,100 worldwide, according to a Reuters tally.
The graphic was produced based on imagery released by the Centre for Diseases control in the United States earlier this month.
The virus itself is called SARS-CoV-2. The disease it causes is called Coronavirus Disease 2019, or Covid 19 for short. It is a coronavirus, similar to the those that cause a range of illnesses from influenza to the more deadly Severe Acquired Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that swept Asia earlier this century.