Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. The COVID 19 syndrome is caused by SARS CoV2. Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and temperature and recover without requiring special treatment. Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness. The most common symptoms of this viral infection are fever, cold, cough, bone pain and breathing problems, and ultimately leading to pneumonia. The best way to prevent and slow down transmission is to be well informed about the COVID-19 virus, the disease it causes and how it spreads. We all need to protect ourselves and others from infection by continuously washing hands by using an alcohol-based sanitizer frequently and not touching the face. The coronavirus outbreak came to light on December 31, 2019 when China informed the World Health Organisation of a cluster of cases of pneumonia of an unknown cause in Wuhan City in Hubei Province. Subsequently the disease spread to more Provinces in China, and to the rest of the world. The WHO has now declared it a pandemic. The virus has been named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease is now called COVID-19