The news of a woman from Kolkata getting infected with the Human Coronavirus HKU1 has raised several health concerns as people relate it to the COVID causing coronavirus. The 45 year old was suffering from fever, cough, and cold for the past 15 days.
HKU1 was named after Hong Kong University where it was originally described in 2004. HKU1 is also known as Betacoronavirus hongkonense. It is a species of coronavirus that affects humans and animals. HKU1 is one of the four common cold-causing coronaviruses -- NL63, OC43, 229E. On the other hand, three coronaviruses cause severe disease -- Covid virus, the MERS virus, and the SARS virus.
