Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are known to cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
A novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China. This is a new coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans.
This course provides a general introduction to COVID-19 and emerging respiratory viruses and is intended for public health professionals, incident managers and personnel working for the United Nations, international organizations and NGOs.
As the official disease name was established after material creation, any mention of nCoV refers to COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus.
This course is also available in the following languages:
français - Español - 中文 - Português - العربية - русский - Türkçe - српски језик - فارسی - हिन्दी, हिंदी - македонски јазик - Tiếng Việt - Indian sign language - magyar - Bahasa Indonesia - বাংলা - اردو - Kiswahili - አማርኛ - ଓଡିଆ - Hausa - Tetun - Deutsch - Èdè Yorùbá - Asụsụ Igbo - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ - isiZulu - Soomaaliga- Afaan Oromoo - دری - Kurdî - پښتو - मराठी - Fulfulde- සිංහල - Latviešu valoda - తెలుగు - Esperanto -ภาษาไทย
Overview: This course provides a general introduction to emerging respiratory viruses, including novel coronaviruses. By the end of this course, you should be able to describe:
There are resources attached to each module to help you dive further into this topic.
Learning objective: Describe the fundamental principles of emerging respiratory viruses and how to effectively respond to an outbreak.
Course duration: Approximately 3 hours.
Certificates: A Record of Achievement certificate will be available to participants who score at least 80% of the total points available across all of the quizzes.
As the official disease name was established after material creation, any mention of nCoV refers to COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus.