Introduction

Long before its appearance the world was facing many other global diseases.
COVID-19 suddenly appeared and in no time caused hundreds of millions of
victims and deaths around the world. What is COVID -19? What are the causes
and consequences of this diseases? And what measures are being taken to
eradicate this pandemic?
I- Definition and origin of COVID 19
Coronaviruses are large family of viruses known to cause disease in both
animals and human, in the latter, coronaviruses cause respiratory infections
ranging from the common cold to more serious illnesses.
COVID-19 is the infections disease caused by the new coronavirus (“Co” stands
for corona, “VI” for virus, “D” for disease, and “19” for the year it appeared).
This new virus and disease was unknown before it emerged in Wuhan, China in
December 2019.
II- Causes of this disease
The COVID – 19 virus include those who have contact with animals, live animal
market workers and those caring for people infected with the virus, including
health care workers, caregivers and family members. People with chronic
diseases and the elderly are at risk of developing very serious cases of COVID-
19. Animals sources of COVID-19 have not yet been confirmed.
To be cautious, avoid direct contact with non-domesticated animals and surface
related to animals and surface related to animals. Handle row meat, milkor
animal organ carefully and cook thoroughly to avoid contamination and eating
under cooked animal products. There has been no evidence that the COVID-19
virus is spread by causes COVID-19. Those packages have been exposed to low
temperature and different condition that do not help the virus live and thrive.
III- Symptoms and complications
People infected with COVID-19 may have very mild or no symptoms or, on the
contrary a serious illness or death. Most infections are usually mild and their
symptoms gradually appear 2 to 14 days after exposure to COVID-19.
Among the most common symptoms are:
- A dry cough
- Fever
 - Fatigue
And among the other existing symptoms:
- Articular pains
- Diarrhea
- Nasal congestion
- Pneumonia
- Runny nose
- Sore throat
However, some people develop serious breathing problems, heart rhythm
disturbances, heart damage and shock as a result of the infection. The risk of
dying from adults aged 65 and over risk increases with ages, people with
underlying chronic conditions (including heart disease, diabetes and lung
diseases) and people with weakened immune systems.
IV- Strategic objectives
Who’s strategic objectives for this response are to:
- Interrupt human to human transmission including reducing secondary
infections among
- Identify and reduce transmission from the animal source
- Address crucial unknowns and infection treatment option, and accelore
the development of diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines.
- Communicate critical risk and event information to all communities and
counter misinformation.
- Minimize social and economic impact through multisectoral part
userships.
This can be archived through a combination of public health, measure, such as
rapid identification, diagnosis and management of the cases, identifications and
follow up of the contacts, infection prevention and control in health care setting,
implementation of measures for travelers, awareness-raising in the population
and risk communication.
What can I do to protect myself and prevent spread infection?
Can reduce your chances of getting infected or spreading COVID-19 by taking a
few simple precautions:
 - Wash your hands often with soap and water or with alcohol-based
solution to eliminate the virus from your hands.
- Keep at least one meter away from other people. The virus is contained
droplets of saliva and can be transmitted by breathing at close range
especially when coughing sneezing or having a fever.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with your hands as your
hands, by touching many surfaces, can pick up the virus and once
contaminated, can transfer the virus to your eyes nose and mouth. From
there, the virus transfers into your baby and can make sick.
- Follow good respiratory hygiene, that is cover your mouth and nose with
disposable tissues or, in their absence, with the bend of the elbow: the
droplets spread the virus and follow good respiratory hygiene, protect the
people next to you from viruses such as colds flu and COVID-19
- Avoid hands shakes and hugs, for the reasons already mentioned.
- Stay at home as much as possible, following the rules indicated by the
authorities. If you have a fever, cough or difficulty breathing. Call your
family doctor who can refer you will be better protected and you will help
limit the spread of virus and other infections.
- All the measures included in the present leaflet fellow what established by
the world health organization.

V- The consequences of COVID-19

Many consequences are caused by COVID-19 in the world. It affects all the side
of activities we have:
- The closing of schools
- The poverty
- The unemployment
- Famine or depravation
- Social and economic troubles
- Domestic violence
- The increase of the natality
- Reduce population by the number of dead
- COVID-19 can lead to death if non-cured

VI- Globally (situation in numbers total)

2544792 confirmed
175 694 deaths
- European region: 1 251 458 confirmed (91 972)
113 336 deaths (3 384)
- Americas region: 957 402 confirmed (92 111)
47 812 deaths (3 038)

- Eastern Mediterranean region: 144 450 confirmed (510)

6 469 deaths (143)
- Western Pacific region: 137 902 confirmed (2127)
5 818 deaths (25)
- South East Asia region: 36 039 confirmed (2127)
1 498 deaths (71)
- Africa region: 16 829 confirmed (714)
748 deaths (28)
VII- COVID-19 in Burkina Faso
In Burkina Faso, it spread from March 9, 2020 making the country the sixth
affected in sub-Saharan Africa after Cameron, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa
and Togo and fourth in West Africa. In view of the beginning of the rapid
evolution of the virus quickly activated their system for managing epidemics of
this type, which had been put in place during the epidemic of Ebola virus
disease in Africa of the west during the years 2013-2016.
Between rumors and denials since the appearance of COVID-19, Burkina finally
recorded the first two confirmed cases on march 9, 2020. Four days later, on
march 13, 2020, the third case was also confirmed. This third case is a person
who had direct contact with the first two.
Conclusion
The coronavirus disease continues to spread across the world following a
trajectory that is difficult to predict. The health, humanitarian and socio-
economic policies adopted by countries will determine the speed and strength of
the recovery. A coordinated global effort is required to support countries that
currently do not have sufficient fiscal space to finance social policy, in particular
universal social protection systems. Debt sustainability should be prioritized in
this endeavor. Without long term structural change, the deep-rooted inequalities
exposed by the crisis will merely intensify. As well as tacking the immediate
effect of the crisis, the international community now has a unique opportunity to
adopt policies aimed at achieving social justice and a human centered future of
work.
Source: Internet,
Interview to Dr KABORE