Merge pull request #4728 from ynshung/main

Update covid-19 topic desc

Author: jmeridth

topics/covid-19/index.md

@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ url: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
 wikipedia_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019
 ---
 
-The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a type of coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 that had caused an ongoing pandemic. This topic is associated with repositories that contain code focused around research and awareness of the virus. 
+The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a type of coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 that caused a worldwide pandemic beginning in December 2019. This topic is associated with repositories that contain code focused around research and awareness of the virus.