CORONA VIRUS AND ITS CURE?

CORONA VIRUS! Also known as (COVID-19) has caused fear into the hearts of people. This virus was originated from china back in December 2019  from a seafood market in the port city of Wuhan. People believe that this virus is originated from bats; it could be right to some extent. On seven January 2020, it was announced that a new virus had been identified, and on January 11, the first death was reported. WHO(world health organization) named this virus 2019-nCov. It belongs to the coronavirus family, which included sars and the common cold.

This is a picture representation from Aljazeera of the events from December 31 to January 11.

SYMPTOMS OF CORONA VIRUS

Through research, it has people found that people may be sick (flu, cold) for 1 to 14 days before showing any kind of symptoms. The most common symptom of coronavirus disease is (fever, tiredness, and dry cough). about 70% of the people recover from this disease without needing special treatment

This disease has shown more effect on older people than the younger ones. It can be fatal for old people, and 90 % of the deaths recorded are of old people. It can also be fatal to people with medical conditions such as (asthma, diabetes or heart disease)

people may experience

  • cough
  • fever
  • tiredness
  • shortness of breath (severe cases)

Although the symptoms are the same as of common cold, COVID-19 can be very critical, that is why all kinds of precautions should be taken to prevent it from spreading.

PRECAUTIONS

According to WHO (world health organization)

DO.

  • Wash hands after every hour for 20 seconds almost with soap and water or alcohol-based hand rub
  • Cover your nose and mouth with a disposable tissue or flexed elbow when you cough or sneeze
  • Avoid close contact ( 1 to 3 feet distance) 
  • stay home and self-isolate from people in the house if you feel unwell

DON'T

  • TOUCH YOUR EYES, NOSE OR MOUTH IF HANDS ARE NOT CLEAN

 

             MOST AFFECTED COUNTRIES BY COVID-19

COVID-19 was firstly recorded in china in Dec 2019 since then it has spread around the world and has been declared a pandemic. A pandemic is an epidemic of disease that has spread across a vast region, for instance, multiple continents or worldwide.

From the start of spring, Europe had become the most affected region with ITALY and SPAIN  having the worst cases. UK and US  are just a couple of weeks behind Europe in the progress of coronavirus

http://covidvisualizer.com/

 BY GOING TO THIS LINK, YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY CASES IN ANY COUNTRY BY JUST CLICKING ON THE COUNTRY ON THE MAP

China has shown great responsibility and power by controlling the virus, and finally, the death rates in china are  going down drastically china stood a hospital of 1000 beds in just 24 hours which has never been done in history 

though this china has shown it's economic power to the world

 

other countries like( Germany, France, Iran, Switzerland, Belgium) are also affected by this virus heavily

number of cases of coronavirus in countries are as follows

  1. USA( 313,572)
  2. SPAIN(130,759)
  3. ITALY (124,632)
  4. GERMANY (97,351)
  5. FRANCE (89,953)
  6. CHINA (81,669)
  7. IRAN(58,226)
  8. UK (47,806)
  9. TURKEY (23,934)
  10. SWITZERLAND(21,100)

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