Covid-19 Assignment (20pts) 1. Covid- 19 started in Wuhan in late 2019 when a coronavirus from bats infected humans (probably via an intermediate host species). This new virus rapidly spread through the world, becoming a (worldwide outbreak). (1pt) 2. Since most people are infected with covid by breathing aerosols (small droplets) containing the virus, covid-19 primarily enters through the ( 1 pt ) 3. True or False - explain your answer. As an enveloped virus, the virus that causes covid-19 is particularly difficult to destroy on surfaces with antimicrobial chemicals. This has led to fomites being a common route of spread. (1pt) 4. The virus that causes covid is an enveloped virus. How can enveloped viruses enter cells? (1pt) 5. Considering that virus that causes covid is a positive sense RNA virus, explain how it replicates its nucleic acid and makes proteins. What enzyme is responsible for replicating its DNA? (4pts) 6. One of the features of the virus that causes covid that makes it more virulent is that it can inhibit interferon production. What does interferon usually do, and why is it significant that this virus inhibits interferon? (1pt) .