The virus has been named “SARS-CoV-2,” and the disease it causes has been named “coronavirus disease 2019” (abbreviated: “COVID-19”). Coronaviruses belong to a large family of viruses common in humans and many different species of animals. Humans have never seen this strain of the virus before and have no internal defense against it.
RSN would like to share information we have gathered about the coronavirus from the CDC, Lori Hartwell RSN’s founder and president and our kidney community partners.