What does the coronavirus look like? Covid-19 under the microscope

The National Institutes of Health in the US release some examples of what the virus looks like

An image made available by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) shows a transmission electron micrograph of the Covid-19 coronavirus from a patient in the United States.. All photos by EPA

An image made available by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) shows a transmission electron micrograph of the Covid-19 coronavirus from a patient in the United States.. All photos by EPA

Mar 04, 2020

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