On 21 December 2019, a pneumonia-like outbreak of an unknown cause or origin was found to be emerging in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Due to the rapidly increasing cases and unclear protocol regarding medical care, bronchoalveolar lavage samples of patients were isolated and analysed by 03 January 2020. The reports showcased a new strain of coronavirus, initially termed 2019-nCoVs by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Zhang, 2020) and then later named SARS-CoV-2 by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.
