The SARS-CoV-2 virus is responsible for COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), a contagious respiratory disease that was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Virusi vya SARS-CoV-2 ndio sababu ya COVID-19 (ugonjwa wa virusi vya korona 2019), ugonjwa wa kuambukizana unaoathiri mfumo wa kupumua ambao ulitambuliwa kwa mara ya kwanza Desemba 2019, kule Wuhan, Hubei, China.