What is Coronavirus (COVID-19)?
COVID-19 widely known as Coronavirus is a disease caused by a new type of virus that surfaced in China in December 2019. Its symptoms are cough, fever, and short breaths. It can be fatal, and some cases have also caused death. Coronavirus spreads from person to person. Performing a laboratory test is the only way to diagnose it. Coronavirus is incurable for now as it has no vaccination yet. Coronavirus can be prevented by washing hands in frequent intervals, coughing by covering the mouth with the bend of your elbow and staying at home in sickness. Coronavirus is a type of virus that causes the disease. There are many types of viruses but a freshly identified type of virus has caused a horrendous upsurge of the respiratory illness now termed as COVID-19 which started in China.How is COVID-19 Spread?
Unfortunately, this is a crucial question that researchers are finding an answer to. The first infections were said to have been transmitted from animal-to-human, however, the human-to-human transmission was discovered in January 2020. Because of the widespread virus, around 100 countries are now affected across the globe. Many of the healthcare professionals are at risk of getting exposed to the deadly virus. A recent research signifies that COVID-19 can be transferred from person to person. It can spread to the whole community by a single infected person. This doesn’t restrict the virus from any specific area, if anyone from that area will visit some other area or country, he will become a carrier of that virus and it will spread among those people, this way the whole community or world can get affected. Those people will also unknowingly get infected by Coronavirus as they come into contact with COVID-19 carrier patients, who are unaware about it. The new spread coronavirus is put under observation by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the World Health Organization across the globe. The World Health Organization affirmed the COVID-19 outburst as a public health emergency on January 30, 2020. One of the major concerns of recent times is the hospital outbursts. With an increasing number of infected people, the hospital authorities are worried because they don’t have the required number of beds or an isolation place for the infected people. The World Health Organization (WHO) claims that the COVID-19 can be transmitted from a person to another via:- The Respiratory droplets -- The drops that come out when a person coughs or sneezes.
- Getting in touch with an infected human.
- Touching any contaminated objects and surfaces.
How did humans get affected by COVID-19?
COVID-19 was first observed in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. However, the health officials are still trying hard to trace the exact origin of coronavirus, earlier it was believed that it is linked to a seafood market in Wuhan, China. According to the research conducted on January 25, 2020, it signifies that the first case of coronavirus was reported on December 1, 2019, leaving it with no link to Wuhan’s seafood market. Still, the investigation is being carried out to know the actual origin of COVID-19.
Symptoms Of COVID-19?
It takes around 14 days of time for the symptoms to show up.
COVID-19 symptoms are as follows:
- Cough
- Fever
- Short Breaths
In extremely rare cases, COVID-19 causes kidney failure, or respiratory illness, or death.
If you are suffering from fever or any other respiratory illness such as short breaths or cough, you must consult your doctor and share your symptoms by communicating over a phone call before you to the clinic or emergency room to meet your doctor.