Coronavirus by orwant

THIS TYPE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT is so named because of the percentage of airborne particles that it filters.

An effort to spread out hospitalizations over time so as not to overwhelm health care facilities is known by WHAT THREE WORD PHRASE?

In WHAT ANIMAL is SARS-CoV-2 believed to have originated? One theory holds that pangolins passed it from this animal to humans.

THIS ORGANIZATION came into existence in 1948 to coordinate responses to health matters.

COVID-19 is sometimes compared to the Spanish Flu, the most lethal pandemic in the modern era. WHAT YEAR is associated most closely with the Spanish Flu?

If THIS FIGURE equals 1, each existing infection causes one new infection. The disease will stay alive and stable, but there won’t be an outbreak or an epidemic.

Another coronavirus that attacks the respiratory system, first reported in 2012, has WHAT FOUR LETTER ACRONYM that indicates where it was first identified?

Ebola, SARS, rabies, the common cold, the flu, hepatitis C and E, West Nile fever, polio, and measles: all are viruses that contain WHAT NUCLEIC ACID?

When people refer to coronavirus testing, they usually mean testing for the presence of the virus. Another test, which identifies WHAT COMPONENT OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, determines whether someone has been exposed to the virus?

Hydroxychloroquine might or might not be an effective treatment for COVID-19. It was originally developed to treat WHICH INFECTIOUS DISEASE?

Thankfully, Tom Hanks has recovered from COVID-19. WHAT PREEXISTING CONDITION did he have that placed him at greater risk for complications?

How big are coronavirus particles? Their diameter is about 120 of THIS METRIC UNIT.