After the Amazon and Kangaroo Island bushfire, it’s the Coronavirus pandemic that shook the world, once again. As per statistics, on 25th March 2020, 423,302 cases and 18,906 are reported worldwide. Despite taking strict actions by the State authorities to break this chain, the number of cases is increasing day after day.
Coronavirus or officially referred to as COVID-19 is a family of viruses that is responsible for causing disease in animals. This pandemic is so dangerous that so far around 20 percent of cases are confirmed as critical. Statistics also show that the current death rate varies between 0.7 percent and 3.4 percent. This depends on the location as well as the health care service provided to the patient. COVID-19 has mutated into two strains, one of them is so aggressive that it is creating complications in developing a vaccination.
It is believed that the source of the coronavirus is a ‘wet market’ in Wuhan. This market sells dead as well as livestock that includes fish and birds.
The market poses a great risk of virus transfer from animal to human as there are no hygiene standards maintained. Butchered as well as livestock is kept together and packaging is also done densely.
For coronavirus, the animal source is yet to be confirmed but bats are believed to be the original host. Though bats are not sold at the wet market, experts believe that it may have infected the livestock sold there.
The pandemic has infected many people in different parts of the world. So, considering its current trajectory, it is difficult to say how and where it will head. However, the number of cases in China has begun to decrease but the rate in other countries is increasing.
A person infected with COVID-19 may experience fever, dry cough and lethargic at the initial stage. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the symptoms include:
Patients may feel body pain, nasal congestion, sore throat, runny nose or even diarrhea. If you experience these symptoms, you must get medical attention. All these symptoms are similar to respiratory diseases which include common cold and flu.
Apart from the mentioned symptoms, if you have recently traveled to a high-risk area, for instance, China or Italy, you must get yourself checked for the pandemic. Also, if you have been in close contact with the affected person.
According to CDC’s website, “Call your healthcare professional if you feel sick with fever, cough, or difficulty breathing, and have been in close contact with a person known to have COVID-19, or if you live in or have recently traveled from an area with the ongoing spread of COVID-19.”
Wash your hands regularly and thoroughly with soap and water. You can also clean your hands with an alcohol-based sanitizer. Washing hands helps in killing the viruses that can infect you with the pandemic.
Maintain a distance of at least 3 feet between yourself and others, especially from the people who are sneezing or coughing. The small liquid droplets can infect you.
Maintain at least 1 meter (3 feet) distance between yourself and anyone who is coughing or sneezing. The small liquid droplets might contain viruses and are enough to infect you with the pandemic.
We touch several surfaces, which might contain the virus. Contaminated hands can transfer the virus to our eyes, mouth, and nose and can make us sick.
Follow good respiratory hygiene. Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze with a bent elbow or use a tissue. Discard the used tissue immediately.
If you experience weird symptoms, seek immediate medical attention. Follow the healthcare directions properly as directed by your state authorities.
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