COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the emergency physician 1 Introduction In December 2019, a novel corona virus infection was detected in Wuhan, China, Hubei province. Initial cases all had a common link to an large seafood and live animal marketplace. Corona viruses are a broad class of viruses that are responsible for most of the common colds, as well as several viral illnesses transmitted from animals to humans. They are so-named due to their similar appearance under electron microscopy to the