Burhan Erlina, Prasenohadi Prasenohadi, Rogayah Rita, Isbaniyah Fathiyah, Reisa Tina, Dharmawan Ibrahim
Department of Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia - Persahabatan Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Acta Med Indones. 2020 Jan;52(1):80-83.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), previously called 2019-nCoV, is a novel disease caused by SARS- CoV-2 which was first identified as outbreak of unknown respiratory illness in Wuhan, China. COVID- 19 was declared as global health emergency by WHO on March 11, 2020 and quickly elevated to global pandemic on 11 March 2020. COVID-19 symptom is highly various in each patient, with fever, fatigue, shortness of breath, and cough as the main presenting symptoms. Patient with COVID-19 may shows severe symptom with severe pneumonia and ARDS, mild symptom resembling simple upper respiration tract infection, or even completely asymptomatic. Approximately 80% of cases is mild. However the number may changes as more people are getting tested. Some experts are estimating that up to 50% of all cases may be asymptomatic carrier.
2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19），以前称为2019新型冠状病毒，是一种由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）引起的新型疾病，该病毒最初在中国武汉被确认为不明原因的呼吸道疾病暴发。2020年3月11日，世界卫生组织宣布COVID-19为全球卫生紧急事件，并于2020年3月11日迅速升级为全球大流行。COVID-19的症状在每个患者中差异很大，主要表现症状为发热、乏力、呼吸急促和咳嗽。COVID-19患者可能表现出严重症状，如重症肺炎和急性呼吸窘迫综合征，也可能表现出类似普通上呼吸道感染的轻微症状，甚至完全无症状。大约80%的病例症状较轻。然而，随着检测人数的增加，这一数字可能会发生变化。一些专家估计，所有病例中多达50%可能是无症状携带者。
