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  2. Coronavirus - Wikipedia

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    The earliest reports of a coronavirus infection in animals occurred in the late 1920s, when an acute respiratory infection of domesticated chickens emerged in North America. [15] Arthur Schalk and M.C. Hawn in 1931 made the first detailed report which described a new respiratory infection of chickens in North Dakota.

  3. SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant - Wikipedia

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    Omicron (B.1.1.529) is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa on 24 November 2021. [10] [11] It was first detected in Botswana and has spread to become the predominant variant in circulation around the world. [12]

  4. SARS-CoV-2 - Wikipedia

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    Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) is a strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the respiratory illness responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus previously had the provisional name 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), and has also been called human coronavirus 2019 (HCoV-19 or hCoV-19).

  5. COVID-19 pandemic in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The COVID-19 pandemic is the deadliest disaster in the country's history. It was the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020, behind heart disease and cancer. From 2019 to 2020, U.S. life expectancy dropped by 3 years for Hispanic and Latino Americans, 2.9 years for African Americans, and 1.2 years for white Americans.

  6. BPJS Kesehatan - Wikipedia

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    www.bpjs-kesehatan.go.id. Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial Kesehatan (BPJS Kesehatan, lit. 'Social Security Agency on Health') is a social security agency of Indonesia aimed at providing universal health care to its citizens. [1] BPJS Kesehatan is one of two social security agencies in the country alongside BPJS Ketenagakerjaan [ id] .

  7. COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory - Wikipedia

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    The global COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Europe with its first confirmed case in Bordeaux, France, on 24 January 2020, and subsequently spread widely across the continent. By 17 March 2020, every country in Europe had confirmed a case, [62] and all have reported at least one death, with the exception of Vatican City .

  8. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the fashion industry

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    e. The COVID-19 pandemic affects the global fashion industry as governments close down manufacturing plants, and through store closures, and event cancellations [1] to attempt to slow the spread of the virus. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on fashion brands worldwide. [2] At the same time, the fashion industry faces challenges in ...

  9. Pierre Kory - Wikipedia

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    Pierre Kory is an American critical care physician who gained attention during the COVID-19 pandemic for advocating widespread off-label use of certain drugs as treatments for COVID-19, as president and co-founder of the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC). [1] [2] Kory testified twice to the U.S. Senate regarding COVID-19.