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Corona Virus (COVID-19) 

COVID-19 is a pandemic disease caused by the novel coronavirus, it can cause sickness from common cold to serious disease. people who are affected by COVID-19 have to face respiratory illness. And people who are old age or suffering from some serious diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and cancer are more easily to occur this disease. Coronavirus goes through our nose into the lungs and get stuck and multiplying begins there and starts damaging our body. 

  

History of COVID-19

Human coronaviruses, first identified in the 1960s, are responsible for a large proportion of childhood upper respiratory tract infections. At least 5 new human coronaviruses have been reported since 2003, including the extreme acute respiratory coronavirus syndrome, which induced substantial morbidity and mortality. SARS infection was recorded in 29 countries throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia during the 2002–2003 epidemic. Overall, 8098 affected people have been reported with 774 SARS-related fatalities.26 How the virus reached the human community and how the Himalayan palm civets became the natural source for the virus is still not apparent.
The SARS outbreak brought a massive injection of attention and action to the field of coronaviruses that added to the vast amount already understood regarding the virology and pathogenesis of coronavirus infections from the growing region of veterinary virology.

Myth busters

• Doing a hot bath won't stop you from catching COVID-19. Your natural body temperature holds about 36.5 ° C to 37 ° C, whether the bath or shower temperature. In fact it can be dangerous to take a hot bath with extremely hot water, because it can burn you. The easiest way to defend yourself from COVID-19 is by washing your hands regularly.
• There is no need to think the coronavirus or other viruses may be destroyed by cold weather. The average human body temperature stays about 36.5 ° C to 37 ° C, independent of outside temperature or environmental conditions. The most efficient way to shield yourself against the coronavirus is by washing your hands regularly with alcohol-based hand rubbing or cleaning them with soap and water.
• To date there has been no knowledge or data indicating that mosquitoes may spread the coronavirus. The coronavirus is a respiratory virus that primarily spreads by droplets that are produced when an infected individual coughs or sneezes, or by droplets of saliva or nasal discharge.
• There is a misconception that people believe that consuming non-veg lets COVID-19 grow. A change has arisen in the human virus and animal virus, this is why it's also named the coronavirus, according to studies. It is actually a human virus that is transmitted from one human to another. So if people say that chicken and mutton feeding is growing this disease then it is false.

Symptoms 

People can become ill with the virus for 1 to 14 days before symptoms progress. The most severe signs of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease are fever, weakness and dry cough. Many patients heal from the illness without medical care.
The disease may be more rarely severe, and sometimes catastrophic. Older people, as well as persons with certain medical problems (such as hypertension, diabetes, or heart disease), can become more vulnerable to severe illness.
In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service (NHS) has described the main signs to search for as having either: 

• a high fever- you feel hot to touch your chest.
• a continuous cough- this implies you have regularly started coughing

Prevention

There is currently no coronavirus disease prevention vaccine (COVID-19) available.

you can secure yourself and help avoid transmitting the infection to others if you do: 

• Wash your hands daily for 20 seconds, with soap and water or hand rubbing dependent on alcohol.
• Keep inside and separate yourself from those in the household if you feel unwell 
• Protect your nose and mouth as you cough or sneeze, use a spare tissue or flexed elbow.
• Don't rub your eyes, nose, or mouth until your hands are clean.
• Avoid near interaction with unwell citizens.