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The '''2019-2021 Coronavirus pandemic outbreak''' of ME/CFS began with the 2019 [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|SARS-CoV-2]] [[virus|viral]] outbreak, which was declared a pandemic in January 2020. SARS-CoV-2 caused most infected people to develop [[Coronavirus disease 19|COVID-19]], which then led to a substantial number of people developing [[Long COVID]] (long term COVID-19-like symptoms).<ref name="WHO-qa">{{Cite web | last = World Health Organization | first = | author-link = World Health Organization | url =https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses | title = Q&A on coronaviruses (COVID-19) | website = [[World Health Organization]]|language=en | access-date = 2020-04-21}}</ref> A significant proportion of Long COVID patients was found to have developed [[ME/CFS]], although it is uncertain what the likelihood of ME/CFS is after COVID-19 infection.<ref name="NIHR15Oct2020">{{Cite web | url = https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/themedreview/living-with-covid19 | title = Living with covid-19. A dynamic review of the evidence around ongoing covid-19 symptoms (often called long covid). | last = NIHR| first = | author-link = | date = October 2020 | website = evidence.nihr.ac.uk|language=en-GB | access-date = 2020-10-15}}</ref> ==History == The new SARS-COV-2 virus was find to be very similar to the previous [[severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus]] that led to the [[2003 Hong Kong outbreak]] of [[ME/CFS]]. The high degree of transmission and high rate of [[Coronavirus disease 19|COVID-19]] resulting from the new coronavirus led to the [[World Health Organization]] announcing that COVID-19 was a pandemic on March 11, 2020.<ref name="pandemic-declared">{{Cite web | url = https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---11-march-2020 | title = WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 - 11 March 2020 | website = [[World Health Organization]]|language=en | access-date = 2020-03-28}}</ref> ==Outbreak announcement == In March 2021, while what became known as the [[coronavirus]] (COVID-19) pandemic was still ongoing, the [[United States|US]] [[National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke]] highlighted a group of cases of [[ME/CFS]] arising directly after COVID-19.<ref name="NIND-Coronavirus">{{Cite web | url = https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Current-Research/Coronavirus-and-NINDS/nervous-system | title = Coronavirus and the Nervous System | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | website = [[National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke]]|archive-url=|archive-date= | access-date = 2021-03-11}}</ref> The [[Open Medicine Foundation]] referred to the ME/CFS outbreak as a "potential second pandemic". ==See also == *[[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|SARS-CoV-2]] *[[Long COVID#MECFS|Long COVID and ME/CFS]] *[[COVID-19]] *[[2003 Hong Kong outbreak]] ==Learn more == ==References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Outbreaks in the 2020s]] [[Category:Outbreaks in the 2010s]] [[Category:Outbreaks]] [[Category:International outbreaks]]
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