INTRODUCTION
*Coronavirus is the infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
*Coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV2) is caused in the year 2019, so it is named as COVID-19. It was the global outbreak that originated in China. COVID-19 was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
*Coronavirus is very contagious and has quickly spread around the world. It can be characterized by shortness of breath, fever, and pneumonia; this can be fatal in severe conditions.
*SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted through the inhalation of droplets and interaction with contaminated surfaces.
EPIDEMIOLOGY
*Since the beginning of 2019, cases have been documented on every continent, starting in the Chinese city of Wuhan province over 500 million COVID-19 cases have been recorded worldwide.
* SARS-CoV2 infection is predicted to affect over 3 billion people by November 2021, 44% of the world’s population.
*In India, the highest COVID-19 was recorded on 6th May 2021, which is 4,14,433 cases in the single day.
SYMPTOMS
*Signs and symptoms of COVID-19 may appear 2 to 14 days after exposure. The time between the exposure and the onset of symptoms is called as incubation period.
*Some common signs and symptoms having COVID-19 include fever, cough, and tiredness. Early symptoms of COVID-19 include loss of taste and smell.
*Some other symptoms of COVID-19 are shortness of breath, difficulty in breathing, muscle aches, sore throat, runny nose, head ache, chest pain, pink eye, vomiting, and diarrhea.
*Emergency medical symptoms whose individual having COVID-19 include the following:
*Trouble in breathing
*Persistent chest pain or pressure
*Inability to stay awake
*New confusion
*Pale or grey or blue coloured skin, lips, nail bed.
RISK FACTORS FOR COVID-19
*Close interaction with COVID-19 patients, particularly those exhibiting symptoms.
*Being exposed to an infectious person’s cough or sneeze.
*Being close to an infected individual while in a poorly ventilated indoor environment.
*Person’s with underlying health conditions like obesity or chronic obstruction, pulmonary disorder, severe heart disease, and kidney problems.
TESTING OF COVID-19
VIRAL TEST
*By examining samples from your mouth and nose, viral test seek for a current infection with SARS CoV2.
*NAAT is a type of PCR-based test. It is mostly performed in laboratory. It detects the genetic viral material.
*Antigen test is a rapid test which produces result within 15–30 mins. It is a random testing kit.
PREVENTION
*The USA Food and Administration (FDA) approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. FDA advised people to put the vaccine with the age of 12 and older.
*FDA also approved the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to the certain people aged 18 and older, and it causes severe allergic reaction to people.
*CDC recommends additional dose and booster dose for the people to avoid COVID-19.
*People should eat fruits to gain immunity against COVID-19.
CONCLUSION
*COVID-19 is a highly transmittable and severe disease, so we must get vaccinated of booster doses and additional doses to avoid COVID-19.
*People must avoid close contact with anyone who has onset symptoms.
*People must keep distance from other person and avoid crowding public places.
*People should wash hands with alcohol containing hand sanitizer. People should wear face mask in public places and in hospitals.
*People should avoid sharing dishes, glasses, towels, beds, and household utensils with infected persons.
*One person should stand 2 feet between another person.
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