Coronavirus, SARS-COV2, pandemic 2020. The coronavirus which rages in 2020 is called SARS-COV2. This virus is made up of viral proteins. The one with a red tip are S proteins or spicules. the envelope proteins (E) are yellow. The membrane proteins (M), simplified here are on the section in intermediate green. The N proteins (pink balls) are attached to the helical viral RNA (in pink) which constitute the nucleocapsid, forming a compact structure by the assembly of the capsid around the genome.