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內容簡介 紐約時報暢銷系列第一名什麼是新冠肺炎COVID-19？病毒如何在全球快速傳播新冠病毒在2019年11月爆發，到2020年3月，全球各地已經有好多學校、辦公室、餐廳…等非必要的公共場所因而關閉，以遏止病毒在人與人之間快速傳播。人民克制想出門的想望，努力待在家，避免與人接觸。目前，這個致命病毒已造成全世界超過200萬人死亡。微小的病毒，在一夕之間，改變了世界。因此，我們得好好認識這個帶來大改變的病毒—COVID-19。它在在顯微鏡下觀察時，形狀呈現王冠般的尖刺，因此被命為冠狀病毒。病毒會導致患者急性呼吸，影響肺部，造成呼吸困難。本書除了認識病毒，也介紹為什麼新冠病毒會造成大流行？它如何傳播？它對人的影響、對政治的影響為何？以及未來該如何因應。Told in a new Who HQ Now format for trending topics, this is the story of how COVID-19, a coronavirus, was first identified and how it spread throughout the world.The Coronavirus COVID-19 emerged in November of 2019. By March of 2020, cities all around the world closed schools, offices, restaurants and other public spaces deemed "non-essential " in an attempt to contain the fast-spreading virus. People struggled to follow government orders, stay indoors, and limit contact with others.But the virus that caused one of the world's deadliest pandemics eventually killed over two million people worldwide. This is the story of how COVID-19 changed the world seemingly overnight, and forever."
