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This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

What do we know about COVID-19?

Not only Denmark but the whole world has been affected by the biggest and most serious pandemic in the last 100 years. We're still at the beginning of the pandemic, so there's a lot we don't know about what's going to happen.

Chief physician, Dr. Med. Anders Fomsgaard takes stock of what we know and do not know about COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2 in an interview (in Danish) with Science journalist Jens Degett from Science Stories. The interview was recorded Friday afternoon, March 13. The program is followed by a series of five programs about viruses and the perspective of a vaccine.

Anders Fomsgaard has been head of the Virus Research & Development Laboratory at the Danish Serum Institute since 1992. He is also an adjunct professor at SDU, and has worked with virus research in Denmark, Germany and the USA. Anders Fomsgaard is also up to date with a book release titled: "Det er bare en virus", published by Gyldendals Forlag.

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Science Stories is supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.