Este glosario explica algunos de los términos que puede encontrar en los informes de la pandemia

de COVID-19 en curso.

Antibiotics

 They are those effective drugs against bacterial infections. Coronavirus is caused by a virus, so
antibiotics are not helpful in fighting this disease

Asymptomatic

Having no symptoms of illness.

Bacterium

Very small organism that sometimes causes disease

Bureaucracy

Set of administrative formalities and procedures necessary, for example, to apply for aid.

Coronavirus

A group of viruses that includes many different types, some of which can cause disease in humans.

COVID-19

The name given to the disease caused by the new coronavirus that emerged in China in December
2019.

Decay

Losing someone or something strength, value or importance.

Delay

Delay, delay when doing something that is an obligation

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Empathy

Situation in which one person takes the place of another and matches their feelings

Emergency

Important situation in which a person needs to act quickly

Family

A group of people related to each other, such as parents, siblings, and cousins. These people can
live together or not.

Feasible

Possible or that can come true.

Gender

Set of living things or things that have common characteristics.

Government

Set of organizations and people who run a country for a certain time.

Habitant
Person or living being that lives in a place.

Health

State in which the body of a person or an animal works well, without injury or disease.

Ignore

Not knowing or not knowing something.

Incident
Unimportant fact or event, but which affects the normality of things.

Job

Activity or occupation that a person does in exchange for money

Joy

Pleasant feeling that we experience when something good happens. When we feel joy, we laugh
and we are in a good mood

Kid

Person who is a few years old.

Know

Know well what a person, an animal or a thing is and understand its qualities.

Land

Planet where the people and animals we know live. It is written with a capital letter.

Love

Feeling of affection, affection and attraction towards another person. This feeling supposes that
someone wishes the good to another person.

Market

Public place destined to sell and buy food and other products permanently or on designated days.

Medicine

Science that studies the diseases of the human body and the way to cure them.
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Need

That which cannot be missed or is essential

News

Important information or data that a media outlet has.

Objective
Goal, which a person wants to achieve.

Obligation

Everything that a person must do or fulfill.

Prevention

Preparation to avoid danger or harm.

Police

Set of people who maintain public order and the safety of citizens. They also persecute criminals
and uphold the laws.

Respect
Feeling that someone has towards a person or thing that leads a person to act well

Resource

Means or possibilities that someone uses if necessary to achieve a goal or do an activity.

Soap

Product that is used for washing.

Syringe

Sanitary instrument in the shape of a plastic tube used to remove or add liquid.
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Technology

Set of knowledge, instruments and methods that help improve and progress in a given field of
knowledge.

Top

Piece that serves to close or cover a boat or a box.

Urgency

Need to fix something quickly

Usability

Characteristic of a web page or a computer program that makes them easy to use because they
are simple and clear.

Vaccine
Liquid that doctors inject into a person or animal to prevent disease. Some vaccines can also be
taken by mouth.

Vulnerable

That he can be injured or damaged taking advantage of his personal or physical situation.

Weak

Person or thing that has little strength or little resistance.

World Health Organization

Organization that works so that all the people of the world have the best health that they can. This
organization was born in 1948. Among its objectives are, for example, the disappearance of
diseases, the prevention of infections and many more.
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Xenophobia

I hate foreigners or things from other countries.

Xiphoids

Soft part that is at the end of the human sternum

Youth

Stage of life from childhood to adulthood.

Yoga

Set of gymnastic and breathing exercises that help you relax and focus.

Zoo

Enclosed park prepared for wild animals to live around the world and for the public to see them
safely.

Zombie

Person who can walk like a living person even though he is dead. Undead. He is a fictional
character.