The identification of the
Coronavirus first occurred in the year of 1960. However, at the time of the
identification, it was not known that where this virus has come from, what is
the cause of its origin, and it was not known that the virus can have
dangerous effects on the people and the animal as well.
Recently at the end of
December 2019, a new respiratory coronavirus first broke in the city of China
Wuhan that is the capital of Hubei province and rapidly spreading in China. Other
countries like Australia, Japan, Thailand, Germany, France, Finland, Canada, and
the US, UAE, South Korea and many others are affected by a coronavirus. However,
the ratio of victims in these countries is apparently low from china but the
experts have said that there might be many cases that go undetected and the
threatening thing is that a person can be the victim of this virus even if he
has not experienced any symptoms of it. In China, over 15000 people have affected by coronavirus and 800 died. It is spreading rapidly, the authorities of China have taken immediate action and lock down the
city Wuhan, and life has been immobilized there.
What is coronavirus?
Coronavirus is the
family of viruses that includes the viruses that attack the respiratory system such
as the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), severe acute respiratory syndrome,
which is known as (SARS). These viruses together can cause severe illnesses
like pneumonia, bronchitis and upper respiratory infection. This virus is
causing illness in humans and animal, including cats, rats, bats, camels and
other wild animals. Some expert has said that there are high chances that this
virus transfers to the humans’ through the animals as the Chinese people are habituated
to eat wild animals and wild animals have more chances to affect by a coronavirus.
How coronavirus transmit?
Coronavirus spreads from
the infected patients to healthy human beings through the air when the infected
person sneeze or cough. Moreover, it is also transferred from person to person
through close interaction, touching and eating together or if you touch, any
object that contains this virus and then takes it close to your mouth can also allow
the virus to enter your respiratory system. As this virus also affects the animal,
so there are high chances that the people who eat or interact with them will
also be infected by a coronavirus. This deadly virus is spreading so fast due
to the people who are infected with Coronavirus , but do not expose to the
symptoms of infection and therefore, these people have not undergone through the
radar which is causing the threatening situation for the whole world. This
virus has the potential to travel in the air, which is causing the rapid
transmission of the virus.
The coronavirus damages
the respiratory system and causes pneumonia. The person who is infected by this
virus can experience fever, cough, soreness and fatigue as the initial symptoms
of this infection, but when the virus in the body intensifies, its symptoms get
more severe that include heart stroke, kidney damage and difficulty in
breathing. Moreover, in some extreme cases, the patients cough up blood,
however, it is easy to identify the viral infection with them, whereas these
symptoms are mild or not prominent in some of the patients, which are, creating
a worse situation as these patients do not come under consideration. This is
the reason that the outbreak of coronavirus is getting worse and making it more
difficult to control. The coronavirus is more dangerous for adults above the
age of 40 who are already suffering from many diseases. Therefore, the risk and
the death rate are significantly higher in people of this age group as compared
to the youngsters because the youngsters have a good and active immune system.
The symptoms of infection appear on the victim within two to ten days after
contracting with the virus.
Diagnosing corona infection
If you experience any of
the symptoms mentioned above, you should immediately consult the doctor. To
diagnose the infection, the doctor will take the samples of blood, sputum,
throat swab and specimens to test them clinically. Along with this, the doctor
will ask you about your medical history and symptoms you are experiencing to
identify the infection. The tests are the most authentic and particular report on
whether a person is infected by carnivorous or not.
The most ominous fact is
that there is no vaccine currently available to prevent or cure corona
infection. The only way to stay safe from this infection is to avoid exposure
to this virus. There are some preventive actions, which you can take to prevent
yourself and others from being infected by a coronavirus. The first thing you
can do is to take special care of hygiene and use alcohol-based hand washes or
sanitizer. Make sure to wash your hand or sanitize them for at least half a
minute whenever you touch any object or shake your hand with others and most
importantly, do not touch your mouth, nose or eyes with the dirty hand or if
you have touched anything. Avoid going to public places and close interaction with
people, especially sick people. Whenever you are in gathering or group, wear
protective face mask and glasses. Try to stay at home if you are sick, moreover
cover your mouth with a tissue or napkin while sneezing or coughing and
afterward dispose of in the bin and also keep your face cover with mask to save
other people from the infection. As there is no treatment of coronavirus; therefore,
the only thing the victim can do is taking care of itself and taking over the
counter medication. If you are infected with the virus, make sure to drink
plenty of warm water and take enough rest during your illness. Avoid interaction
with the pollution, dirt and smoke and if you are a smoker then stop smoking.
Do not share a meal and avoid eating meat, seafood and eggs as the animals are
mostly infected by this virus. Take the medicines after consulting the doctor
to relieve pain and do not give aspirin to the children, but these medicines do
not have the potential to cure the corona infection. As the world is under
threat of coronavirus, so it is better for you to avoid traveling especially to
china.
Concluding Remarks
Corona Virus has become a
global issue and affected the people of China dangerously. Coronavirus has
become a deadly issue for the people of China. Corona Virus is a disease that
spreads among the people of China and people are affected badly with it as it
is an illness that starts and it range from minor and common cold and
its affects lower to more severe illness. Diseases including Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. This virus
is widely spread when there is human and animal interaction. As the people of China
eat different animals that are dangerous to health, including rats, snakes, bats and many other animals as well, so this virus spread in China because they eat a lot of the animals that are not
healthy for the health and are poisonous.
Most common signs and
the symptoms of the coronavirus include the cough, flu, breath shortness and difficulty in breathing including some other severe signs such as kidney failure, pneumonia etc that lead to death. The
spreading disease of Coronavirus is now spreading with
people to people interaction and it has not only spread in China but it also
affects people in other countries as well. Now the Coronavirus has spread among
the countries of Australia, the United States and some parts of Europe and South
East Asia as well. The coronavirus has spread through traveling of people from affected region towards other regions.
Some standards and measures are necessary to overcome the issue of Coronavirus to get yourself
protected from it. There are some recommendations that a person must follow to
protect himself from coronavirus including:
- Covering the mouth,
- Regular hand wash,
- Covering the nose when you feel sneeze,
- Thoroughly and
perfectly cooking the meat and the eggs
- Avoiding the contact with some people
who have respiratory diseases like cough, flu and sneezing.
Coronavirus has spread
globally among different countries and has the chances to spread in other
counties as well, so necessary precautionary measures for coronavirus is necessary to be followed to protect people from it's adverse effects.
