Gipan, Aldrin J.

26, March 2020

BS-Entrepreneurship 1K

Corona Virus Disease 2019

COVID or Corona Virus Disease 2019 affects not just the Philippines but the entire world. It is a new
strain that was discovered in 2019 and has not been previously identified in humans. The disease said to be
originated at Wuhan, China and it is zoonotic according to World Health Organization. Meaning they are
transmitted between animals and people.  Detailed investigations found that SARS-CoV was transmitted from
civet cats to humans and MERS-CoV from dromedary camels to humans. Several known coronaviruses are
circulating in animals that have not yet infected humans. Moreover, COVID19 is not the first corona virus exist.
In fact, it was the fifth endemic human-coronavirus said Stephen Morse of Columbia University’s Mailman
School of Public Health, an epidemiologist and expert on emerging infectious diseases. 

Since COVID 19 had made and continuously making damage to our life, I assumed that everyone knows
what COVID19 is but to give you an overview, here is my paper.

Although little-known outside health care and virology circles, the current four are already part of the
winter-spring seasonal landscape of respiratory disease, Adalja said. This mean that COVID19 is not the first,
nor the second but fifth as mentioned above. OC43 & 229E are the 2 out of 5 virus that was discovered in 1960
but it is circulated only in cows and bats. The others, HKU1 and NL63, were discovered after the 2003-2004
SARS outbreak, also after circulating in animals.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness that can spread from person to person but,
according to Department of Health, there are several ways to prevent the spreading of the disease. The DOH
and other health sector are making their best to disseminate the proper ways to prevent the said disease
including commercials, infographic and social media posts.

It is very important to know the preventions and of course, symptoms so that we can easily contain the
virus. Washing our hands and rubbing alcohol, wearing face mask, not touching our face, social distancing and
most importantly discipline can prevent the spreading. If fever, cough, and shortness of breath occur, please
visit the nearest medical center or you can do a 14 days self-quarantine just to make sure that you are free from
the virus. Speaking of discipline, I was amazed how Macau handle the outbreak and as of now, there are zero
cases of COVID in the country. How do they manage to overcome the crisis? The answer is very simple and it
is in ourselves. Discipline.
 When I spoke discipline, I guess some people are being selfish and somehow, I understand them. But in
this kind of situation, we need more of humanity and not selfishness. I am so disappointed how people manage
to buy things as many as they can and sell it in an unreasonable price. They are being selfish and I hate them for
being an opportunist. On the contrary, I would like to acknowledge our front liners. More power to all of you.

Lastly, to my fellow countrymen, our government knows what’s best for us and the only thing we can do
to help is to follow and of course, repent and pray. Conducting rallies may not help and it can even worsen the
crisis. Obeying authorities will do no harm. I am praying for our safety.