See what a new coronavirus looks like under a microscope

The pictures were taken by Russian scientists at the State Scientific Center for Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”

Rospotrebnadzor. Scientists were able to photograph the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 using the negative contrast method on a JEM-1400 transmission electron microscope.

The size of the particles that could be captured does not exceed 120 nm.

Image of a new type of coronavirus particle.

Now in 160 countries there are more than 218thousand cases of infection with this infection. 90% of all cases occur in five countries - China, Italy, Iran, Spain and Germany. At the same time, in China, where the virus came from, there is a significant reduction in the epidemic. Since the end of 2019, 9 thousand people have died from coronavirus infection, more than 84 thousand people have been cured. In Russia, there are now 147 patients with coronavirus infection, of whom one patient died.

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