We made the Coronavirus Epidemic

It may have started with a bat in a cave, but human activity set it loose.

The latest scary new virus that has capture the world’s horrified attention, caused a
lockdown of 56 million people in china, disrupted travel plans around the globe and
sparked a run on medical masks from Wuhan, Hubei provisionally as “nCoV-2019”. It’s
a clunky moniker for a lurid threat.

The name, picked by the team of Chinese scientist who isolated and identified the virus,
is short for “novel coronavirus of 2019.” It reflects the fact that the virus was first
recognized to have infected humans late last year -in a seafood and live animal market
in Wuhan- and that it belongs to the coronavirus family, a notorious group. The SARS
epidemic of 2002-3, which infected 8,098 people worldwide, killing774 of them, was
caused by a coronavirus, and so was the MERS outbreak that began on the Arabian
Peninsula in 2012 and still lingers (2,494 people infected and 858 deaths as of
November).

Situation Summary

Since the epidemiology update on the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) published on

January 20, 2020. A total of 2,801 cases of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infections,
including 80 deaths (CFR: 2.9%), were reported globally as of January 27,2020. Of the
2,800 confirmed cases reported, 99% (2,761, cases) were reported from china including
Hong Kong SAR (8 confirmed cases) , Macau SAR (5 confirmed cases) and Taiwan (4
confirmed cases).while cases of 2019-nCoV infection were reported in 30 province and
three special administrative regions of PR China , 51% (n=1,423) of them were noted in
Hubei province , were health care workers were affected, and human-to-human
transmission resulted in fourth generation cases.
COMMON HUMAN CORONAVIRUSES
1. 229E ( alpha coronavirus)
2. NL63 ( alpha coronavirus)
3. OC43 (beta coronavirus)
4. HKU1 (beta coronavirus)

Other Human Coronavirus

5. MERS-CoV ( the beta coronavirus that
causes Middle East Respiratory
Syndrome, or MERS)
6. SARS-CoV ( the beta coronavirus that
causes severe acute respiratory
Syndrome, or SARS)
7. 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
SYMPTOMS OF CORONAVIRUS
The symptom of most coronaviruses are similar to any other upper
respiratory infection, including runny nose, coughing, sore throat, and
sometimes a fever. In most cases, you wont know whether you have a
coronavirus or a different cold-causing virus, such as rhinovirus.

Prevention:
 Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20
seconds
 Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed
hands
 Avoid close contact with people who are sick.

Treatment:
 Take pain and fever medications ( caution : do not give
Aspirin to children)
 Use a room humidifier or take a hot shower to help ease a
sore throat and cough

If you are mildly sick, you should

 Drink plenty of liquids
 Stay at home and rest