Coronavirus Disease

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID -19) is an infected disease caused by the virus called coronavirus. It is called SARS-CoV-2, which stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.

It arises from the family of virus that causes various illness factors such as respiratory illness and viral illness. It was first reported in 2019 in Wuhan, China, in December. After that, it was further named as COVID- 19 (Coronavirus 2019).

It was declared 'pandemic' by WHO in March 2020.

The cases of COVID-19 are reported by various organizations, such as WHO (World Health Organization), CDC (US Center for Disease and Control), and USAID (US Agency for International Development).

The disease is characterized by cough, shortness of breath, and fever. In the worst cases, it can also lead to respiratory failure.

The virus has killed thousands of people, and many are infected worldwide.

What is Coronavirus?

The coronavirus is originated from the word 'Coronaviridae'. It is from a family of a single-stranded RNA virus. It has a lipid envelop that is covered with arched shaped projections. It consists of causative agents of respiratory illness, viral illness, and COVID-19.

Stages of Coronavirus Disease

There are four stages of Coronavirus disease ranging from mild to severe.

Let's discuss all the four stages.

The countries who reported their first case of Coronavirus disease, enters Stage 1.

The infection spreads from one person to another in the same country in Stage 2.

In stage 3, the virus spreads in a large number of cases. The virus also infects people with no travel history. In such cases, lockdown becomes necessary to control the spread.

Countries like Italy, China, and the UK have already reached stage 3 of Coronavirus pandemic.

The infection in this stage keeps reappearing round the year, such as dengue, etc.

Symptoms

The symptoms of Coronavirus disease are cough, runny nose, fever, sore throat, and headache. The severe case may have difficulty in breathing and body ache.

The scale of symptoms is shown below:

The common symptoms anyone may feel are shown below:

How the Disease spreads?

The Disease spreads from person to person when they are in close contact. The virus is spread in the form of respiratory droplets through sneezing and cough. Such droplets infects another person.

It also spreads when a person touches his/her infected hands on the mouth, eyes, and nose. The infection further transfers to the lungs, through mouth, nose, and eyes.

As said,

So, let's discuss some safety measures or preventions of the Coronavirus Disease.

How can it be prevented?

The safety measures or prevention are shown below:

• Wash your hands regularly. We should apply soap and rub our hands atleast for 20 seconds.

We can use sanitizer in a market place.

The habit of washing our hands after activities, such as hand-shaking, touching objects, sand, etc. should be strictly followed. The more precautions, the more our family and we will be safe.

Note: The sanitizer must contain a minimum of 60% alcohol w/v.

• Do not touch your mouth, eyes, or nose with dirty hands.
• Cover your face with a mask.

The mask should not be disposed of randomly. Do not use the same mask for a long time. Do not use the mask of any other person.

• Avoid close contact with the people who are sick.

We should maintain atleast 1m distance with sick people.

• Maintain social distance.

• Cover your mouth while sneezing or cough. We can also cover our mouth using the bent elbow, as shown below:

• Avoid hand-shaking with anyone.

• Stay home when we feel that we are sick.

• If you develop any symptom, call the doctor or health provider and get a checkup. You must inform all your recent travel.
• Follow safe greeting including bow, wave, and a node.

Myths

There are various myths about Coronavirus Disease. Do not believe in such myths. Always believe on news displayed on national websites, such as WHO websites.

Some of the myths about Coronavirus disease are listed below:

• Cold weather and low temperature cannot kill the virus.

The virus does not depend on temperature. The temperature of the human body is about 36 to 37 degrees Celsius.

• The hot water bath will prevent the disease.

Irrespective of the outside temperature of the water, etc., the temperature of the body remains the same.

• Spraying chlorine or alcohol on the body will kill the Coronavirus.

The virus has already entered into our body. So, spraying chlorine or alcohol further will not have any impact.

Note: The best way to protect ourself is to regularly wash our hands properly with soap and water or alcohol-based solution. It should be performed many times a day.

Top 50 Coronavirus (Covid-19) Infected Countries LIVE Update

Country	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Total Recovery
USA	2,891,267	132,112	1,235,965
Brazil	1,545,458	63,295	978,615
Russia	674,515	10,027	446,879
India	650,431	18,669	394,411
Spain	297,625	28,385	N/A
Peru	295,599	10,226	185,852
Chile	288,089	6,051	253,343
UK	284,276	44,131	N/A
Mexico	245,251	29,843	147,205
Italy	241,184	34,833	191,467
Iran	235,429	11,260	196,446
Pakistan	225,283	4,619	125,094
Turkey	203,456	5,186	178,278
Saudi Arabia	201,801	1,802	140,614
Germany	197,000	9,073	181,300
South Africa	177,124	2,952	86,298
France	166,960	29,893	77,060
Bangladesh	159,679	1,997	70,721
Colombia	109,505	3,777	45,334
Canada	105,091	8,663	68,693
Qatar	99,183	123	90,387
China	83,545	4,634	78,509
Argentina	72,786	1,437	25,224
Egypt	72,711	3,201	19,690
Sweden	71,419	5,420	N/A
Belarus	62,997	412	49,909
Indonesia	62,142	3,089	28,219
Belgium	61,727	9,765	17,073
Ecuador	60,657	4,700	28,391
Iraq	56,020	2,262	29,600
UAE	50,857	321	39,857
Netherlands	50,335	6,113	N/A
Kuwait	48,672	360	39,276
Ukraine	47,677	1,227	21,115
Kazakhstan	45,719	188	26,750
Oman	45,106	203	26,968
Singapore	44,664	26	39,769
Portugal	43,156	1,598	28,424
Philippines	41,830	1,290	11,453
Bolivia	36,818	1,320	10,766
Panama	35,995	698	16,945
Poland	35,719	1,512	23,127
Dominican Republic	35,148	775	18,392
Afghanistan	32,672	826	19,164
Switzerland	32,101	1,965	29,200
Romania	28,582	1,731	19,854
Bahrain	28,410	95	23,318
Israel	28,055	326	17,669
Armenia	27,900	477	15,935
Nigeria	27,564	628	11,069
Total:	11,220,009	529,604	6,363,717