Is COVID-19 virus similar to SARS?

Is COVID-19 virus similar to SARS?

This new coronavirus is similar to SARS-CoV, so it was named SARS-CoV-2 The disease caused by the virus was named COVID-19 (COronVIrusDisease-2019) to show that it was discovered in 2019. Jul 1, 2020

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