CORONA VIRUS : SYMPTOMS, TREATMENT, PREVENTIVE MEASURES
Coronavirus which is also called COVID-19 is declared as a global pandemic by the world health organization. It is a contagious disease that spread from one person to another very easily. This virus can survive in air for 3 hours, and it can survive in plastic or steel items for 3 days.
What are the symptoms?
There are some common signs which will let you know that you are infected. The common signs include cough & cold, breathing difficulties, tiredness. It can also lead to organ failure. These symptoms will appear within 2- 14 days after exposure.
This virus is very friendly and transmits from one person to another very easily. The COVID-19 can spread through the contact of certain bodily fluids, such as droplets in the cough .While sneezing or coughing the droplets will come in the contact with your body and make you infected. It might also spread by touching something the infected person has already touched and if a healthy person touches it and then touches his/her eyes, mouth, ears, nose then they are also likely to get infected.
Preventive Measures :
- Wash your hands in every 20 minutes with soap for at least 20 seconds especially after going to the bathroom, before eating, after coughing or sneezing.
- Always carry a sanitizer while you go outside and the sanitizer should contain 60% of alcohol.
- Avoid coughing in your hands and while coughing cover your mouth with a tissue.
- Avoid shaking hands with people.
- Cough or sneeze on your upper sleeve of the elbow rather than coughing on your hands.
- Maintain a distance of 1 metre at least with other people as you don’t know who is infected around you.
- Cover your face with the mask.
So what would be the treatment for Corona???
Till now there is no such treatment of corona virus .There is no such vaccine or treatment for COVID-19. Infected people should take plenty of rest and seek immediate medical care. The infected people should isolate himself and avoid contact with other people when they are sick. The infected person should always wear a mask so that the disease can be avoided to be transmitted. The mortality rate of COVID-19 is 2% and its most likely to attack the senior citizen .The total cases of COVID-19 is 649 and the death toll is 13. So there is no treatment so we should all take our preventive measures.
Bottom line : As prevention is better than cure, it is better to stay at home in lockdown period till April 14, 2020 as initiated by our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
Author : Anjali Singh
