INDIAN HISTORY

Coronavirus disease 2019  ( COVID-19 ) is a  contagious   respiratory   disease  caused by  severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2  (SARS-CoV-2), a specific type of  coronavirus , responsible for  an ongoing pandemic . Common symptoms include fever, cough, fatigue,  breathing difficulties , and  loss of smell  and  taste . Symptoms begin one to fourteen days  after exposure  to the   virus . While most people have mild symptoms, some people develop  acute respiratory distress syndrome  (ARDS) possibly precipitated by  cytokine storm ,   multi-organ failure ,  septic shock , and  blood clots . Longer-term damage to organs (in particular, the lungs and heart) has been observed, and there is concern about a significant number of patients who have recovered from the acute phase of the disease but continue to experience a range of effects—including severe fatigue, memory loss and other cognitive issues, low grade fever, muscle weakness, breathlessness, and other symptoms—for mon