Coronavirus

Coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2 is a virus that causes COVID-19 disease that has killed more than a million people worldwide and scores of others infected. A very deadly and fast-spreading virus that causes influenza, pneumonia like fever ultimately killing the affected people in respiratory illnesses by destroying their immune system within a matter of a week or two. Since this is a first occurrence of the new variant so no vaccine or antidote is available for it in the market. Since no vaccine has been available to cure the disease named - COVID-19 it remained a mystery killer world over from January 2020 to late 2021 spelling doom killing more than 20 million till date. It is a part of the coronavirus family of influenza viruses largely found in bats which strangely are not infected due to their natural immunity. But the Sars Covid-19 virus believed to been tinkered with in labs if not naturally occurring is more infectious, deadly and immune to any known medicines or treatment. Several medicines that were used to cure

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other similar type of illnesses has been used namely- Remdesivir, Favipiravir, Chloroquinine, Dexamethasone etc. Coronavirus caused COVID-19 still remains unknown with newer symptoms appearing. Although mostly it looks like normal influenza still coronavirus causes severe infection to lungs, failure in vital organs of the body and ultimate death due to breathing difficulties- Asphyxia. The treatment of the COVID-19 is also very difficult one. The patients will have to be kept in isolated wards and strict precautions have to be taken by doctors and the health care people not to be in direct contact of the patients during that time. The patients will have to be supplied with fresh oxygen from the oxygen cylinders in order to make up for oxygen deficiencies and provided with doses of the anti-virus medications. The family members would also not to allowed to freely contact in order to prevent the spread the virus. 

The symptoms of the disease - COVID-19 include headaches, muscle pain, skin rashes, dry cough, persistent fever, nausea, loss of smell, loss of taste, shortness of breath etc. Although these symptoms are common there are also some asymptomatic patients i.e. patients having no sign of any of these. These cases are more dangerous. But Rapid Antigen Test and RT-PCR Test (Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Test) can prove the presence of the virus or disease. Swab samples from the nose or mouth are used to test.

The scarier part of COVID-19 is that it gets transmitted from people just by touch, standing with an infected person for more than few minutes or even by suspended air particles. In a world interconnected closely for social or economic reasons this has been a real disaster. Scores of people have been affected by the spread of the deadly virus and many are still undergoing treatment in hospitals or in containment centers. Lockdowns given all over did prevent further infection, but still more people have contacted the virus and the disease. Frequent handwashing, use of hand-sanitizers and social distancing - staying at least 1 meter apart can slow infection of the disease and prevent it.