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A Look at the Deadly, Spiky Covid-19 Particle
Within the “envelope” of the virus is a long, single-stranded RNA genome.
13 Mar 2020, 10:17 PM IST 
A magnified coronavirus germ illustration sits beside laboratory glassware during coronavirus vaccine research work inside the Pasteur Institute laboratories in Lille, France. (Photographer: Adrienne Surprenant/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- This is the particle responsible for Covid-19, the pneumonia-causing disease spreading around the world. The virus is called SARS-CoV-2, short for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
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