Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a new virus.

The
disease causes respiratory illness (like the flu) with symptoms such as a cough, fever,
and in more severe cases, difficulty breathing. You can protect yourself by washing your
hands frequently, avoiding touching your face, and avoiding close contact (1 meter or 3
feet) with people who are unwell.

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Coronavirus disease spreads primarily through contact with an infected person
when they cough of sneeze. It also spreads when a person touches a surface of object
that has the virus on it, then touches their eyes, nose or mouth.

People may be sick with the virus for 1 to 14 days before developing symptoms. The
most common symptoms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are fever, tiredness, and dry
cough. Most people  (about 80%) recover from the disease without needing special
treatment.

There’s currently no vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease (COVID-19). You can

protect yourself and help prevent spreading the virus to others if you wash your hands
regularly for 20 seconds, with soap and water or alcohol-based hand rub. You cover your
nose and mouth with disposable tissue or flexed elbow when you cough of sneeze. You
avoid close contact (1 meter of 3 feet) with people who are unwell. You stay at home and
self-isolate from others in the household if you feel unwell.
                                                                            Source: WHO

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1. What does the text tell us about?
2. What is the purpose of the text?
3. What is COVID-19?
4. How does the virus spread?
5. How can we identify that a person is infected with the virus?
6. Why do some people recover from the disease without special treatment?
7. Do sick people get infected COVID-19 easily than the healthy ones?
8. Does the government have the vaccine to cure the disease?
9. What can we do to protect ourselves from the virus?
10. You avoid close contact (1 meter of 3 feet) with people who are unwell.
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