Coronavirus

Whats Is coronavirus

A new virus, known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has
been identified as the cause of a disease outbreak that began in China in 2019. This disease is
called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19).

In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Public
health organizations, including the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) and WHO, are monitoring the pandemic and posting updates on their websites. These
groups have also published recommendations to prevent this virus from spreading.
How how it is transmitted?

The data shows that the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is mainly
spread from person to person among those who are in close contact (within approximately 6
feet, or 2 meters). The virus is transmitted by respiratory droplets that are released when
someone who is infected with the virus coughs, sneezes, or talks. A person who is nearby may
inhale these droplets, or the droplets may fall into their mouth or nose.

Sometimes the virus that causes COVID-19 can spread when a person is exposed to tiny
droplets that remain in the air for several minutes or hours - this is known as airborne
transmission. It is less common for the virus to be transmitted this way than through close
contact.

It can also spread when a person touches a surface where the virus is and then touches their
mouth, nose, or eyes, but this is not one of the main ways it is spread.

What are the symptoms of COVID-19?

You may have symptoms that range from very mild to severe. Some people have no
symptoms. The most common symptoms are fever, cough, and tiredness.

Others may include shortness of breath, muscle aches, chills, sore throat, headache, chest
pain, and loss of sense of taste or smell. This list does not include all possible signs and
symptoms. Other less common symptoms have also been reported. Symptoms can appear
between two and 14 days after exposure to the virus.
For the moment we don't have a vaccine to prevent the virus

What can I do to avoid getting sick?

The best way to prevent illness is to avoid exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19. The
CDC and WHO recommend these precautions:

keep 6 feet (2 meters) distance between you and people who don't live in your home.
wash your hands frequently with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or use an alcohol-
based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
 cover your mouth and nose with your elbow or a tissue when coughing or sneezing. Throw
away the used tissue.
avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.
Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces daily.
If you have a chronic health condition and may be at higher risk for a serious illness, talk to
your doctor about other ways to protect yourself.
AND use a mask

Spanish flu
The Spanish flu, also known as the 1918 flu pandemic, was an unusually deadly influenza
pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. Lasting from February 1918 to April 1920, it
infected 500 million people – about a third of the world's population at the time – in four
successive waves. The death toll is typically estimated to have been somewhere between 17
million and 50 million, and possibly as high as 100 million, making it one of the deadliest
pandemics in human history.
Symptoms are high fever, earache, body tiredness, occasional diarrhea and vomiting, as well as
sometimes breathing difficulties and nosebleeds.
Hong Kong flu
The Hong Kong flu, also known as the 1968 flu pandemic,[1] was a flu pandemic whose
outbreak in 1968 and 1969 killed an estimated 1–4 million people globally.It was caused by an
H3N2 strain of the influenza A virus, which is descended from H2N2 through antigenic shift, a
genetic process in which genes from multiple subtypes are reassorted to form a new virus.
The outbreak in Hong Kong, where the population density was greater than 6,000 people per
square kilometre, reached its maximum intensity in two weeks. The outbreak lasted six months
in total, from July to December 1968. Worldwide deaths from the virus peaked in December
1968 and January 1969, when public health warnings[10] and virus descriptions[11] had been
widely issued in the scientific and medical journals