More than 130000 cases, 4900 deaths, Stock market fall, Shutdown of industries, Quarantines, isolation, the fear of coronavirus has spread the whole world as fast as the virus itself. One side scientists are extensively researching to find the medicine for the virus, and on the other side the research on the cause of its sudden outbreak, its origin is happening. Every day new statements are being published on the same, but there is no proven evidence from where it originated. Coronavirus is recently declared as a pandemic, generally an epidemic that has affected large number of people and that has spread worldwide is declared as pandemic.
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) was first identified in December 2019 at Wuhan City of China and it’s a new virus that affects the lungs thereby impacting the immune system when a person coughs through respiratory droplets that directly enter your nose and mouth.
Risk of death is only higher with pre-existing health conditions and with older people above 60 years of age. Survives upto 8-10 hours and it can also fall on surfaces like table, door handles and computer screen,and remain viable for many hours. If you touch these surfaces, then touch your face, you may become infected. Infection can also spread when you shake hands or touch people.
Ways to protect from COVID-19 infection?
Use Hand sanitizer that contains 60% ethylene alcohol or 70% isopropyl alcohol.
Avoid shaking hands, touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands. If have symptoms of
running rose and coughing, use a mask, restrict travelling and avoid gathering at crowds.
How to know COVID-19 infection?
Persons with cough, runny nose, sore throat, fever to pneumonia such as chest pain and difficulty breathing. People with other health problems like liver, heart, diabetic are prone to high risk, especially for elderly. Symptoms to develop from 2 to 14 days.
Procedure to follow while the symptoms are experienced
• Avoid visiting others and stay at home
• Wear a mask to avoid infecting household contacts.
• Get yourself tested for COVID-19, If symptoms persist
• If tested negative, follow the quarantine process
• If tested Positive, follow the advice of the treating doctor in isolation ward.
Where can you go for testing and treatment?
You should be evaluated in a hospital, which is capable of recognizing and managing coronavirus infection. This includes having capability for admission and respiratory isolation, as well as ICU support. There are specified sites where specimen samples can be sent for confirmation of COVID-19 infection from respective hospitals.
Procedure to quarantine yourself
• Wash hands with soap or hand sanitizer.
• No to share household items with others.
• Isolate yourself in a well ventilated room with an attached toilet.
• Cover your mouth and nose with mask, which should be changed every 6-8 hours.
Precautions your family members should take if you are home quarantined
• If the home quarantined person develops symptoms, all his/her family members will be
quarantine for 14 days, with a follow up for another 14 days, till the reports turn negative.
• Only one family member should take care of the person, and no visitor should be allowed.
• Cleanliness is an important factor, to have surroundings clean and to
• Sanitize yourself and avoid direct touch
Speculations, Poultry doesn’t cause corono virus and it’s advisable to have properly cooked meat. Also there are no cases reported for pets or other animals becoming sick with COVID-19. Corono is currently present in 110 countries with a uptrend in country count day by day especially spread through Air Travel and Crusie travel. Corono had led to negative impact on all sectors of the economy. Cah flow management is one key point to consider during this time of crisis, as majority of the global production and supply chain are in
standstill, thereby already affecting the daily labour income. Also most of the corporate leveraged their employees to work from home and have advised to avoid travel, funding is a bottle neck for an extended situation like this.
Most affected are travel industry, services like online food deliveries, pharmaceuticals, disinvestment in business and consumer spending leading to a recession globally. Most importantly the time it takes to recovery from worse to normal to growth is the real debatable scenario.Advisable to stock up your toiletry essentials, groceries and to have cash in hand for immediate needs than relying only on digital currency.
Corona virus being declared as a pandemic by World Health Organisation, have raised deep concern by alarming levels of spread, severity, and inaction by world governments to prevent the disease from spreading.At the moment, there is no Immunization, no treatment available for protection against corona virus and prevention in the only way out than to cure. Good medical history, quarantine and immediate medical assistance have higher cases recovered.