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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a member of the Betacoronavirus genus (which also includes SARS 1 and Middle East respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus [MERS]), which are large positive-sense singlestranded RNA viruses (estimated size 70–200 nm) with zoonotic origins and transmissible from person to person. Coronaviruses are named after the projections from their membrane (Corona, Latin,“crown”). 1 When it was first described, the virus had been named 2019-novel coronavirus, but was renamed SARS-CoV-2 owing to a greater similarity with SARS-CoV than initially thought. Since its emergence in late 2019 with the first cases described in Wuhan, China, its human-to-human transmission is clear, with uncounted active infections and millions of deaths worldwide. Furthermore, airborne spread 2 and transmission by asymptomatic individuals 3 further add to its …