It also recommends to avoid touching your face, eyes and mouth with unwashed hands. It further suggests social distancing as a preventive measure, keeping at least 1.8 metre or six feet between yourself and others. In order to protect yourself from COVID-19, the WHO recommends basic hygiene such as regularly washing hands with soap and water, and covering your mouth with your elbow when sneezing or coughing. As per the WHO, some infected patients may not display any symptoms despite having the virus in their systems.
The development period of COVID-19 is thought to be between one to 14 days however, the virus is highly contagious before symptoms appear. The novel coronavirus affects humans, has been named COVID-19 and is known to have originated in Wuhan, China in late 2019.Ĭommon symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, coughing and difficulty in breathing, while in severe cases, it can cause pneumonia, multiple organ failure and death. Several coronaviruses are circulating in animals that have not yet infected humans, according to WHO.Ĭoronavirus causes illnesses ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). The coronavirus family circulates in animals and some can be transmitted between animals and humans. WHO declared the virus a global pandemic on March 11, expressing their concern on the alarming levels of spread and severity of the outbreak. Globally, there are 67,68,92,016 confirmed COVID-19 cases across 200 counties, which has led to 68,82,877 deaths, reports the World Health Organization (WHO). Of these cases, 531707 people have succumbed to the infection while 44418351 have recovered.
As of May 09 2023, India has 44972800 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
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