Its also known as the COVID-19 caused by SARS-COV2.
It is recorded that based on the large number of the infected people that were
exposed to wet animal market in WUHAN city,CHINA.
These are the few images of deadly strain of corona virus viewed under electron miroscope,which led to shut down of
several cities worldwide.
Corona virus are a group of medium sized enveloped positive stranded virus,
that have a halo like or crown like appreance when viewed under an electron microscope.
The etiologic agent of 2003 SARS (SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME) outbreak,
which affected mostly in southeast asia.
Corona virus 2019 (COVID-19) is a kind of viral pneumonia with an unusual outbreak
in the wuhan, china in december 2019,which is caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome corona virus-2(SARS-COV-2).
The emergence of the SARS-COV-2 has been marked as the 3rd introduction of a highly
pathogenic virus into the human population after SARS-COV(severe acute corona virus)
and the MERS-COV( middle east respiratory syndrome corona virus) in the last decades.
Symptoms range from mild cough to pneumonia, characterized primarily by fever, non
productive cough,shortness of breath,myalgia,fatigue,normal or decreased leucocyte
count and bilateral infilterates on chest imagining. Most cases reported are not
severe, although many patients have a critical condition.
Incubation period can last from 5 to 14days of quarantine or active monitoring.
Spread of the disease is markedly increased when people are in close contact with
person suspected of confirmed of the COVID-19. Someone who recently travelled from an
area of ongoing spread of COVID-19.someone who stared developing symptoms should
contact doctor immediately.
Things can be done to keep yourself and others healthy by washing your hand often with
soap and water for 20 seconds,specially after blowing of nose,coughing or sneezing,
going to bathroom and before and after preparing food. Avoid touching your eyes,nose,
and mouth with unwashed hands.Stay at home when you are sick. Cover your mouth before
coughing or sneezing then throw the tissue in a trash. use of sanitizers.
Facemask are to be used, it won't iron clad guarentee you that you wont get infection
but masks are effective in capturing droplets which are the main transmission route
of COVID-19.
There is currently no clinically proven specific antiviral agent for COVID-19 other
then ,supportive oxygen therapy, conservation of fluid management, and antibiotics
to cover secondary bacterial infections.
Chloroquine showed potent antiviral drug againts SARS-COV but showed no effect in
COVID-19.
COVID-19 mostly effects the people who are already suffering from underlying health
conditions.
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