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n
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nceoftherepubl
icChina,re
centl
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knowna sthenove lc
oronavir
usorCOVI D-19.Thevir
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oupof
coronavi
rusthatcaninfe
cthuma n.
Thevi r
usspreadsorapidl
ythatithasbecomea
wor l
dwidepande miconl
yt womonts.
Thena me“ Coronavirus”isgive
nt othisgroupofvirus esba sedont hei
ra ppearance
underami croscope.Thewor d“Corona(theLatinof“ Crown” )”ischosenbe cause
thei
ra ppearanceissimilartoasolarcoronawi t
hs pike saroundt heirouter
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ooklikea nactualc
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lywiththeirspher i
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shape.Theirsizeisaround120nm( nanome t
er).Ther eisn’tanywa yforusye tto
tel
lthea ct
ualcolorofac oronavir
uss i
ncenoof f
icialsitereleasedtheinforma t
ionup
tothismome nt.But,youma yfi
nds omepi ct
uresont hei nternetwhe reitiscolored
redorye l
low.
Thisvi
rusa ffec
tsdif
fer
entlytowarddif
ferentpe ople
.Somema yde vel
opmi l
dt o
mode r
ates ymptomswhi chma ynotrequir
e dspe ci
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eatme ntfromthepa ra
me dic
andsomema ynotevenbea f
fect
edatallal
thoug htheya r
ea l
r e
a dyexposedtothe
vir
us.Usually,t
hishappenstopeoplewiths t
rongi mmuni t
ys ystem.But,t
hee f
fect
canals
obes everewhichmi g
htendswi t
hde ath.Therearese veralsi
gnsthatwec an
usetotellwhe nsomeoneisinfec
tedbyCOVI D- 19.Thesesympt omsincludefever,
cough,shortnessofbreat
h,ti
redness
,sorethroa t,
evendiarrheaa ndrunnynos e.
Thisvir
uss preadsoe asil
ythroughdr opletsfromc oughsands neeze
s .
Itmi ght
exposeanyonewi thin1.5me tersradiusfromt hepe rs
onwhoi sal
readyi nfect
edby
thi
svirusa ndturnthe mintoviruscarrie
r .Thewor stpartofallt
hisisthatwema y
notreali
zet ha
tweha vebeeninfectedunt i
l i
tistoolate,
becausemos tca se
ss how
thatsymptomsa reshowi ngupwi thin14da ysofexposuretothevirusa ndwi thi
n
thesedayswema yha veinfec
tedmor epeopl e
. Tha
tisther e
asonwhy, g overnme nt
s
i
ns omec ountrie
sde cidedtounde r
g olockdownors ocia
ldista
ncingme t
hodi nthe
spiri
tofstoppingthevi r
usspread.
Thecauseoft hi
soutbr
eakisanewtypeofcoronavi
ruscal
ledthe2019coronavi
rus
novel(2019-nCoV)
.
Coronainfec
tionvi
ruscal
ledCOVI
D-19wa sfi
rstoccur
redintheci
tyofWuha n,
Chinaandha snowbe e
nfoundinmorethan100c ountr
ies
,incl
udi
ngIndonesia.

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omet
hing
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tar
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ntCor
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cti
onsa
re:
1.Washyourhandspr operly
Wa s
hyourha ndswi thrunni
ngwa tera
nds oa
p,l
asti
ngfor20s e
conds( bac
k
ofhands,
hands,be
twe enfingers,
nail
s)andthendrywithacle
an ti
ssueor
towel,
orusehandsa ni
tizerwithatl
east60% al
coholt
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ect
ivel
ydisinfe
ct.

2.Usi
ngamask
Topreventtr
ansmi
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onoft
hevirus
,Cor
onacanuseanN95t ypemas
k
orma s
ktodi
sse
ct.N95typemas
kisaspeci
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ypeofmaskt
ofil
teroutha
rmf ul
part
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ntheai
r
3.Maintai
nEndurance
Bycons
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thyfoodsa
ndvitamins,
exerci
seandre
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hatc
an
incr
ea s
ee ndur
ancesoast
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dt r
a ns
miss
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us.
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tedcountr
y
5.Limityoursel
ffromc rowdedplac
es 6.
Compl ywithandi mplementappeal
sthathavebeens
ubmi
tt
edbyt
he
government. 7.
Stayaler
tanddon' tpanic

On2Ma rch2020, I
ndone si
anpr esident
 J
okoWi dodo announcedthefir
st
coronavirusca se
sint hecountry.Ada nceinstr
uc t
ora ndhe rmotherin 
Depok,We st
J
a va.Bothofthe mha dhe l
dada nceclas
sa tare s
taurantin 
Kema ng 
on 14February,
whichwa sattendedbymor etha nadoze npeople.Oneofwhomwa sa J
apanese,
whowa slatertestedpositi
vefort hecoronavirusin 
Ma lays
ia.
 AsMa l
aysi
areported
theca s
e,theg overnme ntofIndone si
abe gantotraceanyonewhoha vehadclose
contactwi t
htheJ apaneseandt hei nf
ect
e dIndone si
ans.
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Theclust
erwa siniti
all
yidentif
ieda sthe"Jakart
aclust
er" orthe"da ncecl
ass
cl
uster"
,owingtot helocati
onoft heinfect
ion.Si
ncethen,confirmedc ase
sofCOVID-
19inIndonesi
abe g a
nt oincre
ases lowly.By8Ma r
ch,atotalof6pe oplewhohad
at
tendedtheda nceclasswe r
einfe c
tedbyt hecoronavir
us, i
ncludi
ngonec aseof
repat
riat
edIndone si
anf r
omt he DiamondPr i
ncess.
 
Severalcoronaviruscas
esin
We s
tJavaandJa kart
awe refoundt oha vealinkwiththecluster.
Theposit
ivecas
esfi
rstc
onfi
rme dinMa r
cha r
enott hefi
rstI
ndonesi
anst
oha
ve
beeninf
ectedwit
htheSARS-CoV-2vir
us.InJanuary,an
Indones
ian 
maid 
in 
Si
ngapor
e  
contr
actedthevirusfromheremployer
.
Ama nfr
om Hel
mond, t
heNe the
r l
ands 
ha dbeenconf
irmedt
obethefi
rst
 COVI
D-
19 
pati
enti
nIndone
siawhe nhef el
lil
lthereinmidJanua
ry.
Hewa st
reat
edinthr
ee
hos
pita
lswhil
ehewa sin 
EastJava 
inJanuary2020.I
twasacont
rove
rsi
alnewsas
manypeopl
ea s
sumeditwa sana l
lega
tion.
Thefi
rstconfi
rmedde a
thofcorona
virusinthecount
ryoccur
redon11Mar
ch
2020.
 Howe ve
r,oneof 
Te l
kom 
employeesdiedon3Ma rc
hwhe nte
ste
dpos
iti
ve
COVID-19on14Ma r
cha ndal
soinf
ecti
nghiswifeandchi
ld.
An11-year-
oldg i
rlwhodiedattheSlametMa
rtodi
rdjoHospi
tal
in
Pamekasan,
 Ma dur
aIsl
and,EastJa
vaon20Ma rchhasbeenconf
irme
dast
he
younges
tCOVI D-19fat
ali
tyi
nthec ountr
y.