 A coronavirus is a virus that infects several different species of animals, one of them being people, humans. There are five or six known coronaviruses that get people sick. They're actually very common. The common cold is caused by a coronavirus. The coronavirus that's coming out of China that we're seeing right now is what they call a zoonotic virus. A zoonotic virus is a virus that originated in another species and they had moved into, in this case, man. This particular virus they believe originated from a live animal market there in Wuhan, China and had transferred into people and is causing this disease. There's been a couple different theories as far as what species it came from. Originally it was thought that it originated in snakes, however now a lot of the DNA sequencing that they have done is implying that it came from bats. There's a very strong similarity between coronaviruses and bats and the coronavirus that we're seeing that originated there from China. To prevent catching this disease is just simple procedures that you would do to prevent catching any sort of bacterial or viral disease, which is if you have to sneeze, sneeze into your elbow and your shirt, sneeze into a napkin or Kleenex, blow your nose into Kleenex, wash your hands after touching different surfaces. I know now in the stores, and I've noticed a lot of people use it as when they grab their buggy, they'll take the wipes and wipe it down. A lot of it is just good personal hygiene to prevent not only catching the disease but spreading the disease or any kind of disease besides this one that we're talking about today. People that are planning to travel internationally should go to the CDC's website and look for any sort of travel restrictions that may be or recommendations that may be in place by them, but also the State Department. They would have actual restrictions that have been put into place.