Passage Based Questions: Current Affairs & GK - 7 | Passage Based Questions for CLAT Preparation PDF Download

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
The novel coronavirus disease outbreak, which was identified in mainland China during the end of December 2019, has been officially named as ‘COVID-19’ by the ____ B ____ . The word 'Covid-19' stands for 'COronaVIrus Disease 2019'.
The disease has ravaged China, which has continued to record a startling number of deaths each day since the past three weeks. On Tuesday, more than 2,000 new cases were confirmed, and 97 more deaths were reported in the east Asian country.
With this, the overall confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland have reached 44,653, while 1,113 people have died of the disease thus far.
COVID-19 originated from ____ A ____ , the central Hubei Province in China. The first case was reported on 31st December, 2019. The outbreak has now surpassed the number of deaths caused by SARS-Cov, which had killed 774 people in ____ C ____ .
So far, only two deaths have been reported outside mainland China, one in Hong Kong and other in the Philippines. As many as ____ D ____ countries have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19. Among them, Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, with 203, 49, and 47 cases respectively, are the worst-affected.
The disease is categorised under the group of viruses—Coronaviruses or (CoV)—that cause respiratory problems ranging from the common cold to diseases like Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). According to ____ B ____ , the current outbreak is associated with a novel coronavirus strain nCoV, which was detected for the first time in humans.
On Monday, China’s National Health Commission reported 108 new deaths in a single day, the highest recorded number of deaths since the outbreak came to light. The deadly virus has also claimed the life of Dr. Li Wenliang, ____ B ____ was the first to break the news about Coronavirus in ____ A ____ .
As there is no medicine or vaccine developed to treat the disease yet, it is important to follow proper hygiene, and avoid eating raw animal products and going to animal markets.