To the Editor, The Times of India Date:03 /02/2020

In response to your paper “Coronavirus: All you need to know about symptoms and risks” on
28/01/2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) has proclaimed a worldwide wellbeing crisis over another
coronavirus that has murdered at any rate 361 individuals in China following an episode in the focal
city of Wuhan, compelling an administration lockdown in very nearly 20 urban areas that, in actuality,
has isolated an expected 56 million individuals.

WHO, coronaviruses are a group of infections that cause sickness extending from the normal virus to
progressively serious ailments, for example, SARS and Middle East respiratory disorder (MERS). These
infections were initially transmitted among creatures and individuals. SARS, for example, was
accepted to have been transmitted from civet felines to people while MERS went from a sort of camel
to people.

A few known coronaviruses are coursing in creatures that have not yet contaminated people. The
name coronavirus originates from the Latin word crown, which means crown or radiance. Under an
electron magnifying instrument, the picture of the infection is suggestive of a sun based crown.

An epic coronavirus, recognized by Chinese experts on January 7 and named 2019-nCoV, is another
strain that had not been recently distinguished in people. Little is thought about it, albeit human-to-
human transmission has been affirmed

Around 700 Indians have been airlifted from China by the Indian Government which is a great step on
showing the courage and responsibility. The Government has also airlifted Maldivians and Bangladeshi
citizens from china as a part of neighbourhood first policy.

Yours Sincerely

Krishna Saraf