**The #1 New York Times Best-Selling series tells the story of how
COVID-19, a coronavirus, was first identified and how it spread
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The coronavirus disease COVID-19 emerged in November 2019. By March
2020, cities all around the world closed schools, offices, restaurants
and other public spaces deemed "non-essential" in an attempt to contain
the fast-spreading virus. People struggled to follow government orders,
stay indoors, and limit contact with others.
But the virus that caused one of the world's deadliest pandemics
eventually killed over five million people worldwide. This is the story
of how COVID-19 changed the world seemingly overnight, and forever.