CoVID-19

Contents:

Origin of CoVID-19
What is Coronavirus?
What is CoVID-19?
What is the Full-Form of CoVID-19?
What is the novel coronavirus?
What are the types of coronavirus?
What are the signs and symptoms of Coronavirus?
How does Coronavirus Spreads?
How long does the coronavirus survive on surfaces?
Is coronavirus a bacteria or virus?
What is the source of the virus?
What is the difference between Isolated, Quarantine, and Social distancing?

Origin of COVID-19

A novel respiratory virus, born last December in Wuhan, China, has spread to six continents. Thousands were infected in March, at least 20,000 died and the spread of coronavirus was called the World Health Organization's epidemic in March.

Very little is known about the virus, in which most people may have mild or asymptomatic infections and whether they can spread the virus. It is difficult to know the exact dimensions of the spread.

What is Coronavirus?

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are actually common worldwide and cause respiratory disease in people and animals. There are many known coronaviruses, which usually cause mild respiratory disease such as colds. However, at least two of the previously identified coronaviruses caused a serious disease - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) coronavirus and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus.

What is COVID-19?

COVID-19 is a recently discovered coronavirus infectious disease. This new virus and disease was not known before its spread to Wuhan, China in December 2019. COVID-19 is now an epidemic that affects many countries around the world.

What is the Full-Form of CoVID-19? What it is?

CoVID-19 stands for Coronavirus Disease of 2019

"CO" means corona, "VI" for the virus, "D" for disease, and "19" refers to 2019, the year when it was first discovered. COVID-19 is a new member of the coronavirus family - SARS-CoV-2 - a close relative of the SARS and MERS viruses, which has previously been responsible for the spread. There is still much to be learned about this disease.

What is the novel coronavirus?

A novel coronavirus (CoV) is a new species of coronavirus not previously detected in humans.

What are the types of coronavirus?

Generally, there are seven types of human Coronavirus:
Common human coronaviruses

OC43 (beta coronavirus)
NL63 (alpha coronavirus)
HKU1 (beta coronavirus)
229E (alpha coronavirus)

Other human coronaviruses

SARS-CoV (the beta CoV that causes SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome)
SARS-CoV-2 (the novel CoV that causes COVID-19, or coronavirus disease 2019)
MERS-CoV (the beta CoV that causes MERS, or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)

What are the signs and symptoms of Coronavirus?

Symptoms and Signs of (COVID-19) coronavirus disease 2019 appear two to 14 days after exposure. This time is known as the period after exposure and before symptoms. Common signs and symptoms may include:

Most common symptoms:

dry cough
fever
tiredness

Less common symptoms:

loss of taste or smell
diarrhea
aches and pains
conjunctivitis
sore throat
headache
discoloration of fingers or toes, or a rash on the skin

Serious symptoms:

chest pain or pressure
difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
loss of speech or movement

How does coronaviruses spread?

Research on CoVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease of 2019) is still ongoing, but other human coronaviruses can be transmitted through person-to-person contact. Similar to colds and flu, a person becomes ill by getting in touch with an infected person. The virus can spread through an infected person's cough and sneezing or respiratory droplets that arise from touching surfaces with the virus on them.

How long does the virus survive on surfaces?

The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is mainly transmitted from one person to another. When a person is coughing or sneezing, they send the virus into the air. A healthy person can squeeze in those dots. You can catch the virus even if it touches the surface or object where the virus is and then touches your mouth, nose, or eyes.

You Need to Know?

Coronaviruses can last for hours on surfaces such as countertops and doorknobs. How long it lasts depends on what surface it is made of.

Here is a guide on the types of coronaviruses that live on certain surfaces you touch every day - a family of viruses that contain COVID-19.

Keep in mind that researchers still have much to learn about the new coronavirus. But perhaps you are more likely to catch them from the contaminated surface.

Different Kinds of Surfaces:

OBJECTS	DAYS	EXAMPLE
Metal	5 days	doorknobs, jewelry, silverware
Wood	4 days	furniture, decking
Plastic	2-3 days	milk containers and detergent bottles, metro and bus seats, backpacks, elevator buttons
Stainless steel	2-3 days	pots and pans, refrigerators, some water bottles, sinks
Cardboard	24 Hours	shipping box
Copper	4 Hours	Pennies, Tackets, Cookware
Aluminum	2-8 hours	soda cans, tinfoils, water bottles
Glass	5 Days	glass, cups, mirrors, measuring windows
Earthen pots	5 Days	dishes, pots, cups
Paper	1minutes to 5Days	mail, newspaper
Food	-	Takeout, Production (Coronavirus does not spread through food.)
Clothing	-	clothes, linen (There has not been much research on how long the virus stays on the fabric, but not as long as it is on rough surfaces.)
Water	-	Coronavirus is not found in drinking water. If it is found in the water supply, your local water treatment plant will filter the water and disinfect the water, which will kill any microorganisms.

Is coronavirus a bacteria or virus?

Coronaviruses are types of viruses, not bacteria. There are many types of coronaviruses and some of them can cause diseases in humans. SARS-Cov 2 is the new coronavirus name that causes COVID-19 disease.

What is the source of the virus?

COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Coronavirus is a large family of viruses involved in a wide variety of people and animals, including camels, cattle, cats, and bats. Rarely, animal coronaviruses infect people and then spread to people. This has occurred with MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV and now with viruses that cause COVID-19. The SARS-CoV-2 virus is a betacoronavirus similar to MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV. The source of these three viruses is in bats. One way that the American patient sequence was initially posted in China was to point to the unique, recent emergence of the virus from the animal reservoir. However, the exact origin of this virus is unknown.

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What is the difference between Isolated, Quarantine, and Social distancing?

Social distance: To prevent the spread of disease, maintain space between yourself and people outside your home.
Quarantine: Keeping the suspects isolated. Isolating people and limiting the movement of people who are infected or whether they are sick.
Isolate: Separate person to isolate sick people from others in order to spread the disease