What is Coronavirus disease 2019?
Coronavirus is the most pronounced and threatening word in the present world. The word Coronavirus came from Coronavirus disease (COVID ) which the most infectious and devastating disease nowadays. It is also known as Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Because this disease has been first identified in Wuhan, Hubei province of China in December 2019. The disease already spread in more than two hundred (200) countries in the world. Already, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced this disease as a pandemic.
Which organism causes the Coronavirus Disease 2019?
The Coronavirus disease 2019 is caused by a new type of Coronavirus. It is a very much infectious virus which has been changing its behaviour and nature in different countries.
Symptoms of the Coronavirus disease 2019
There are various symptoms of the disease. One or more of those symptoms may be shown in a patient. The symptoms are:
- Mild to severe headache
- Cough
- Fever (equal or more than 100˚C)
- Diarrhoea
- Breath shortness
- Muscle pain
- Throat pain
- Loss of smell or taste
- Coagulation of blood
Symptoms may be shown in 5-14 days. But some countries have found infected persons with no symptoms.
How the Coronavirus Spreads?
This Coronavirus is transmitted by droplets of mouth or nose generated by exhales, coughs, or sneezes of the infected person.
What is the present situation in the world?
The world is passing time very badly. The disease has grabbed almost all countries of the world. Tons of death already occurred by this life-threatening disease. The number of infected and death are increasing day by day. Nobody knows when it will stop. All countries are trying hard to protect their people from this disease. They have taken initiatives like lockdown, curfew, shutdown, border sealed etc in their countries. But it seems very difficult to control the disease still now.
There are 2,995,226 Coronavirus Cases and 207,009 Deaths up to 27th April 2020. The statistics of the ten most affected countries are as follows :
|
Name of the country |
Number of deaths |
Number of cases |
|
USA |
55,415 |
987,322 |
|
Italy |
26,644 |
197,675 |
|
Spain |
23,190 |
226,629 |
|
France |
22,856 |
162,100 |
|
UK |
20,732 |
152,840 |
|
Belgium |
7,094 |
46,134 |
|
Germany |
5,976 |
157,770 |
|
Iran |
5,710 |
90,481 |
|
China |
4,633 |
82,830 |
|
Netherlands |
4,475 |
37,845 |
Source: Worldometer (April 27, 2020)
Treatment of the Coronavirus disease 2019
Currently, there is no vaccine to prevent or any specific medicine to cure of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Doctors are giving treatment to the patients on the basis of their symptoms. Scientists from different countries are trying to develop vaccines to prevent Coronavirus disease.
What should be done?
We should follow the following things:
- Stay your home.
- Wash your hand frequently with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap is not available then rub your hand with sanitizer that contains 70% alcohol.
- If you want to go outside of your home for any emergency then use a good quality facemask.
- Keep yourself at least 2 meters distance from other persons.
- When you will enter the home from outside then you must do a bath with wash your whole body by soap and wash your clothes very well after soaking in soap water for at least 30 minutes.
- Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces regularly.
- If you found any symptoms of the disease in yourself then contact the concerned doctor or hospital immediately by following proper restriction and follow their advice strictly.
Conclusion
Finally, we have to remember again that there is no vaccine to prevent or any specific medicine to cure of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). So, always be careful, stay home, stay safe, and save your life.
