Where did the virus come from?

Bats are known carriers of the coronavirus.

In 2003 there was another coronavirus threat linked to bats

Bats tested in the first Covid-19 hotspot have a similar viral genome to the virus found in humans

Covid-19 is an RNA strand virus

These strands of RNA have a genetic code that tells a host cell how to build more of it.

The RNA is the instruction manual

The viral covid RNA found in bats is very similar to the viral covid RNA found in humans

RNA is a strand of genetic information made from nucleotides

Nucleotides are the structural parts of RNA and DNA

Nucleotides are found in both RNA and DNA.

There are 4 nucleotides that make RNA (Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Uricil)

Three nucleotides next to each other make up a "Codon"

Codons code for amino acids (protein)

Proteins code for EVERYTHING in the cell (genetic traits, hormones, enzymes)

Covid-19 is a RNA strand virus which means all of virus's genetic information is one strand of RNA

RNA is a single strand of genetic information that tells the cell what proteins to make

The cell looks at 3 nucleotides next to each other that code for amino acids

The amino acids will then make proteins or more virus