Showing posts with label mask. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mask. Show all posts

Friday, April 24, 2020

Why coronavirus is so dangerous?

COVID-19 is a pandemic the whole world is panic of nowadays and made a worldwide lockdown. The official name of COVID-19 is Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV)-2

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV)-2.

The First SARS-CoV was noticed in 2003 in Guangdong, China which caused an outbreak of serious disease in 26 countries and resulted in more than 8000 cases in that year. Since then a few numbers of cases have been noticed as a result of accidents of laboratory or through animal to human transmission.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV).

SARS-CoV killed 10% of infected individuals. Older people, whose immune defences have declined with age, as well as those with underlying health conditions, are much more vulnerable than the young.

Spanish flu  (H1N1 virus) was also a Pandemic during 1918-19. This virus had caused severe respiratory disease in about 20% of patients and killed more than 3% of confirmed cases. The virus infected an estimated 500m people and killed 50m worldwide in 1918-19. This was one of the most dangerous pandemics of all time yet.


Spanish flu (H1N1 Virus)

Now as per the current report of infected and dead people due to COVID-19 the best current estimate is that COVID-19 will kill around 1% of those infected in a population with good healthcare.

Hypothetically, if COVID-19  will affect half the world’s current population during the course of a year with a 1% fatality rate, the death toll might be 35m  substantially increasing the number of deaths worldwide, which is around 60m for all causes in a typical year then COVID-19 will surpass the fatality of  Spanish flu during 1918-19.

What is the process of Treatment of a COVID-19 affected person?

Currently, there is no vaccine against developing COVID-19. Antibiotics are also ineffective because COVID-19 is a viral infection and not bacterial.


If the symptoms are more severe, supportive treatments may be given by the doctors at the hospital. This type of treatment involves the following methods:


  • Fluids to reduce the risk of dehydration.
  • Medication to reduce a fever.
  • Supplemental oxygen in more severe cases.
  • People who have a hard time breathing on their own due to COVID-19 may need a respirator.


According to the World Health Organisation, the incubation period is about 5 days most commonly. It also can range from 2 to 14 days between infection and symptoms appearing.


A study of hospital patients during the original Wuhan outbreak showed that they were potentially infectious for up to five weeks after first symptoms appeared.

The most common symptoms fo COVID-19 are as followed:


  • Cough
  • Fever
  • Fatigue
  • Shortness of Breath

Keep reading to learn more about the current information about COVID-19, what types of treatments are being explored? and what to do if you develop symptoms?.

How to avoid infection from the coronavirus?

The novel coronavirus is originally transmitted from person to person. At this point, the best way to prevent getting infected is to keep physical distancing from the people who have whether been exposed to the virus or not.

People are advised to take the following precautions to lower your risk of infection:


  • Wash your hands thoroughly with soap or hand wash and water for at least 20 seconds.
  • Use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol if soap not available.
  • Avoid touching your face unless you’ve recently washed your hands.
  • Avoid crowded areas as much as possible.
  • Older adults are at the highest risk of infection and may want to take extra precautions to avoid coming into contact with the virus.
  • Stay clear of people who are coughing and sneezing. The CDC recommends standing at least 6 feet away from anyone who appears to be sick.


Wash hands and sanitise

COVID-19 is not the most fatal virus known yet, but it is getting an outbreak gradually as the vaccine is not developed against the development of the coronavirus.

However, researchers around the world are working hard to develop dormant vaccines and treatments.

Some viruses known yet and their fatality:

COVID-19(low):   Generally affects 2 people and can affect up to 15 people.

COVID-19(high):  Generally affects 3 people and can affect up to 40 people.

Influenza(Spanish flu):  Generally affects 1.8 people and can affect up to 7 people.

Ebola(high):  Generally affects 2 people and can affect up to 15 people.

Sars Generally affects 3 people and can affect up to 40 people.

Smallpox(high):  Generally affects 6 people and can affect up to 259 people.

Chickenpox:  Generally affects 10 people and can affect up to 1,111 people.

Measles:  Generally affects 15 people and can affect up to 3,616 people.


The bottom line

At this present time, there’s no vaccine to protect us from the novel coronavirus, also known as SARS-CoV-2. No special medications approved to treat the symptoms of COVID-19 are available. So, it is better to be at home to keep safe yourself, #stayhomestaysafe.


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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

The Outbreak(Effects) of COVID-19 across the world

COVID-19, the world is scaring of to step out of their houses nowadays has become a PANDEMIC declared by WHO.



What is COVID-19?


It is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome and was first noticed in the last month of 2019 at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China.


Why we call CORONA sometimes COVID-19?


The full form of COVID-19 is coronavirus disease and as it was first noticed in 2019 so the WHO gave a specific name to the pandemic COVID-19. Its official name is severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) given by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.


How did COVID-19 spread across the world?


In the very beginning when the scientists, in Virology Laboratory in Wuhan in China noticed this, they were not much serious about the severe outbreak of the virus which later went on spreading from person to person and made them infected. A 55-year-old could have been the first woman from Wuhan, China to be infected from Coronavirus on November 17, 2019. Since then the cases began piling up rapidly initially in the town, then in the city and country and now it is being faced across the world.


What are the symptoms of COVID-19?


The common symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough and shortness of breath. Some other symptoms may include loss of smell, diarrhoea, sore throat, muscle pain and abdominal pain. 


How to stay safe from COVID-19?



As we all know that every advertising company and all the TV shows including the celebrities individuals are running a campaign that #stayhomestaysafe etc. this is the initial step that we have to follow to keep ourself safe from coronavirus, but this is not the only way to keep the corona away from us, we need to use a mask on the mouth, say no to handshake, wash your hands at least for 20 seconds and then sanitise them with any alcohol-based sanitiser after every 20-30 minutes, much better if you wear gloves also.


This has been seen the first time in history the whole world is going through the lockdown and all the top-level scientists are giving their hard to find the vaccine for coronavirus but yet nobody succeeded in this.


The current report about the update of COVID-19 across the world is as follows:



  • Coronavirus Cases : 2,517,579
  • Deaths: 173,422
  • Recovered : 660,274

    

       1. Active Cases (1,683,883)

  • In mild condition : 1,626,322 (97%)        Serious or critical : 57,561 (3%)



       2. Closed Cases (833,696)


  • Recovered/Discharged : 660,274 (79%)      Deaths : 173,422 (21%)



       3. To see the full report about COVID-19 country-wise click here



America the most powerful country in the world Socially and Economically is suffering the most from COVID-19 as the number of deaths is most in the USA.


We have never seen this kind of PANDEMIC ever in the history which has spread all over the world and made the world knelt before it. 



What will happen next? Will this PANDEMIC destroy the WORLD?

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