What happens to the cells in our airways during a coronavirus infection? In this animation for Maastricht University we follow the full SARS-CoV-2 replication cycle, going from initial infection all the way through to new virus particles being released from the cell.

Chapters:
00:00 Healthy respiratory cells
00:25 Components of the virus
01:06 Variants
01:31 Entering the host cell
02:15 Making viral proteins
03:00 Viral RNA knot
03:55 Double membrane vesicles
04:14 Replicating viral genome
04:48 Making more viral proteins
05:09 Creating new viral particles
05:49 Release from the cell

Correction:
01:24 This should be D614G