Coronavirus: Here’s how small the enemy is and how it attacks

Invisible enemy
SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. Here’s what it looks like in a microscope and how it attacks us.
This famous image on the right illustrates scientists’ best guess of what the virus actually looks like. It was created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to show SARS-CoV-2’s fine structure. Coronaviruses appear different from other viruses due to their prominent surface spikes.
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