DAYRIT, ANGELA R.

HIPOLITO, MARY LALAINE T.

FM 1-C

A Pandemic that Changed and Affected People Worldwide

The COVID-19 pandemic is moving like a wave. Coronavirus disease (COVID-

19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered disease was first detected in
Wuhan, China reported to WHO country office in China on 31 December 2019. The
virus that causes COVID-19 is transmitted through droplets generated when an
infected person sneezes, or coughs. You can be infected by breathing in the virus if
you are within close proximity of someone who has COVID-19, or by touching a
contaminated surface and then your mouth, eyes, or nose.

The Coronavirus is affecting 212 countries around the world. As of May 06,
2020, Coronavirus cases has 3,727,802, 258,338 deaths, and 1,242,347 recovered.
The active cases are 2,227,117 currently infected patients, 2,177,869 in mild condition
and 49,298 in serious or critical. However, the closed cases reached 1,500,219 cases
which had an outcome: 1,291,924 recovered/discharged and 258,295 deaths.

Countries are hustling down to slow the spread of of the virus by testing and
treating patients, restricting travel, quarantining people, and dropping large gatherings
such as schools, mass gatherings, and sporting events. The COVID-19 pandemic is
the defining global health crisis, but COVID-18 is more than a health crisis. Everyone
is facing a different challenge- with no way of knowing when this will end. People
lost their job and they don't know where will they get their income. There is a lot of
people who sacrifice their lives to help other people in this pandemic.

Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) is changing each part of our lives. Recognized in

late 2019, COVID-19 immediately became described as a global pandemic by Walk
of 2020. Given the fast speeding up of transmission, and the absence of readiness to
forestall and treat this infection, the negative effects of COVID-19 are undulating
through each aspect of society. Albeit huge quantities of individuals all through the
world will demonstrate strength to the significant misfortune, stress, and dread related
with COVID-19, the infection will probably intensify existing psychological wellness
issue and add to the beginning of new pressure related disarranges for some.

As one of the game-changers of the past decade, nanotechnology holds great

promise in offering innovative solutions to a wide range of problems regarding the
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of COVID-19, in which nanotechnologists
undoubtedly play a key role and shoulder their social responsibility. 

Nanosensors are as of now a reality, demonstrating incredible capacity to

distinguish microscopic organisms and infections at low fixations and consequently
caution clinicians even before manifestations have appeared or on patients with low
popular burdens. A nano-channel has been as of late built up that is professed to keep
up sifting productivity, much after hand washing, using nanofibers. This reusable
nano-separated face veil could assist with easing the difficulties emerging from the
gracefully deficiency of face covers.
 Specialists have been exploring the capability of utilizing nanoparticles to treat
bacterial and viral contaminations throughout recent years. Gold nanoparticles, for
instance, are made to join to infections, for example, Ebola or flu and by warming the
particles with certain infrared frequencies, the nanoparticles would then be able to
demolish the structure of the infection. Nanoparticles can be utilized to convey
tranquilizes also.

Then again, the quickly expanding losses of life of COVID-19 have been a
reminder for worldwide well being. Numerous specialists have as of late turned their
concentration to this developing danger and a worldwide exertion is in progress to
stop its spread. At present, there is no particular antiviral treatment accessible for
COVID-19, yet a wide scope of pharmaceutical specialists are being researched. In
the mean time, among different fields of science and innovation, nanotechnology can
possibly be of colossal assistance in the anticipation, conclusion, and treatment of
COVID-19.

At the avoidance stage, nanofiber-based facial respirators, alongside

nanotechnology-empowered profoundly powerful antimicrobial and antiviral
disinfectants, have been the primary individual defensive implies that can forestall the
spread of the infection; besides, broad research is in progress to build up an antibody
for COVID-19 dependent on various nano materials. In diagnostics, nanotechnology
has demonstrated significant guarantee in structuring sensors for growing fast reaction
COVID-19 tests. To wrap things up, at the treatment stage, medicine have been at the
focal point of numerous specialists' consideration, some of which are right now being
concentrated in clinical preliminaries. Subsequently, nanotechnologists are
completing their social duty to handle the continuous worldwide well being crisis.

Reference:
https://statnano.com/coronavirus-disease-outbreak-covid-19
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-
2019/events-as-they-happen
https://www.who.int/philippines/emergencies/covid-19-in-the-
philippines