COVID-19 or short for Coronavirus Disease 2019 broke out from Wuhan,Hubei province,China and spread in the world and become pandemic or a viral disease pandemic. /it is also called "Novel CoronaVirus" or nCoV or a "New CoronaVirus" discovered.
COVID-19 is a viral disease or a disease cause by a virus or by a virus pathogen.The virus which causes it is what is called "CoronaVirus" ; particularly what is called SARS-CoV2 or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2.
COVID-19 is a newly found infectious or contagious disease which as of now or as of this writing,there is no yet developed drug,cure or treatment for it.The only thing we can do for it is by applying preventive measures like washing often your hands with soap; wearing face mask; maintain g social distance with other people in the street; doing oneself a self-quarantine on one's respective houses; applying alcohol or hand sanitizer ; avoid touching one's face particularly nose and mouth and eyes if one's hands is dirty; when coughing or sneezing cover one's mouth and nose with clean tissue or handkerchief; strengthen the immune system by eating nutritious foods; and other preventive measures.
COVID-19 as the experts said is transferred or transmitted by direct contact with an infected person or its transmission being a contagious disease is through personal contact with an infected person; inhaling droplets from an infected person; and by touching the thing touch by an infected person if you don't wash your hands with soap and apply alcohol or hand sanitizer.
COVID-19 is a respiratory disease which has respiratory symptoms like shortness of breath and breathing difficulties.Some symptoms of COVID-19 aside from respiratory symptoms mentioned are : fever,dry cough,tiredness,sore throat,aches and pain,and diarrhea. However, symptoms differ depending on the person affected for some people COVID-19 could cause them severe illness and could lead to death.
"COVID-19 is a respiratory disease and most infected people will develop mild to moderate symptoms and recover without requiring special treatment. People who have underlying medical conditions and those over 60 years old have a higher risk of developing severe disease and death." (World Health Organization -WHO)
"Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.Older people,and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease,diabetes,chronic respiratory disease,and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness. " (World Health Organization - WHO)
The virus broke out from December 2019 as the news said and since then become a pandemic disease up to what date is thing writing, or April 2020.It started from Wuhan,Hubei province,China and now spread from different parts of the world and still not able to contain it totally as of now.
As of this writing,the statistics is already come in to 1,484,811 million confirmed cases; 88,538 thousand already dead; and 329,876 thousand recovered.
"As of 9 April 2020,approximately 1,48 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported in 209 countries and territories resulting in approximately 88,500 deaths.About 329,000 people have recovered." (Wikipedia)
"As of 10 April 2020, approximately 1.6 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported in 209 countries and territories,[5] resulting in approximately 95,700 deaths.[4] About 354,000 people have recovered.[4]" (Wikipedia)
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