Coronaviruses fall under the family of viruses that cause certain health issues like common cold, severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or MERS and many more. At the end of 2019, this COVID-19 virus has caused a pandemic that started its outbreak in China. With the help of the COVID 19 tracking map, now anyone can track the location nearby that is affected by COVID-19 and can stay safe and stay home.
Coronavirus is called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus SARS-Cov-12. As it has become a worldwide pandemic disease in the year 2019, so, it is commonly called the COVID-19.
Currently, COVID-19 has affected more than 200 countries worldwide, and the total number of deaths globally is about 1, 70,000 with the highest death rate in the U.S., which is about 42,000. World Health Organization (WHO) and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are monitoring the current situation of corona and giving the latest updates on their official websites. W.H.O. declared this as the global pandemic in March 2020.
Check the Symptoms of COVID-19
The symptoms of this disease start to appear from 3-14 days after the exposure. The symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath and too much difficulty in breathing. Some of the other symptoms are tiredness, runny nose, sore throat and body ache. However, the severity of this disease ranges from mild to critical cases. The victims who are already suffering from kidney diseases, diabetes, acute bronchitis or pneumonia, can face critical conditions when affected by COVID-19. Sometimes, people confuse between normal influenza symptoms and COVID-19.
When You Should Visit the Doctor
You should visit the doctor as soon as you find out the symptoms or you have been exposed to COVID-19, or you have traveled from somewhere where there are huge numbers of COVID-19 patients. Tell your doctor about your chronic medical issues so that he can provide the best treatment to you as per your health condition and age.
Preventive Measures
There is no such vaccine available in the market still now, but if you take the right precautions, you can able to fight against this pandemic. You should avoid large gatherings or events, wash your hands with sanitizers and hand washes quite often, stay home and do not go out unnecessarily, stay at a distance of 6 feet from others, avoid touching your eyes and mouth when your hands are not clean and always cover your face with a mask. Visit the doctor when you are feeling sick.
Though COVID-19 has become a pandemic globally, if every one of us fights against this deadly virus, we can able to make our world COVID-19 free. COVID19 Crowd is conducting surveys, providing general information about the disease and steps to prevent this deadly infection.