That's a good question. What is this thing? The coronavirus, or COVID-19, is a virus similar to the flu. It is suspected to have originated in Wuhan, China, and is highly contagious. Its exact origin is debated, and many of the ideas include that it was government created in a lab, it was obtained from a bat, a snake, a fly, and even a snake that ate a bat that ate a fly.

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The virus's scientific name is SARS-CoV-2, but the disease is nicknamed COVID-19. The nickname was derived from the terms: 'CO' as in 'corona', 'VI' as in virus, 'D' as in disease, and '19' as in 2019, the year the first case was confirmed.

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It has now spread around the world, infecting people through tiny saliva droplets in your breath and has been named a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).

By Armaan Dhawan