With rising community concern about the novel coronavirus or COVID-19, Myeloma Australia would like to provide the following information detailing risks and preventative measures specific to the myeloma population.
The coronavirus family are known to cause a range of respiratory illnesses ranging from the common cold to more severe illnesses like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). COVID-19 is the name that has been given to this particular outbreak of coronavirus that is thought to have originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019.
The name COVID-19 is derived from COronaVIrus Disease 2019.