Coronavirus is a common Virus which can cause illness of the upper respiratory tract in human body. It can kill a human in a few time. Recently, seven types of Coronaviruses are known to cause disease in humans.
Coronavirus Terms
Coronavirus disease gave birth to various new conspiracy theories, economic and social issues. It affected jobs, businesses and lifestyle of people in the whole world. Similarly, people derived various terms after Coronavirus which can be considered as Coronavirus Terms. These terms are defined in the following lines.
COVID-19
COVID-19 is the name given to the Coronavirus disease by WHO(World Health Organization) on 11 February, 2020. COVID-19 is an acronym that stands for ‘Coronavirus Disease of 2019’.
Novel Coronavirus(nCoV)
A novel Coronavirus is a new breeding which has not been previously known in humans. It includes types of Coronavirus identified in human body in recent months. Moreover, it affected millions of people in the whole world.
Coronavirus Symptoms
There are many symptoms of Coronavirus disease ranging from common to severe symptoms. These are mentioned as:
Fever
Dry cough
Tiredness
Muscle pain
Sore throat
Headache
Chest pain
Loss of speech
Shortness of breath
Fatigue
Loss of taste and smell
Causes of Coronavirus
Coronavirus is common in certain animals. It is supposed that this disease is caused and spread through animals like Bat. Now Coronavirus is spreading from person to person contact. When a Coronavirus patient coughs near other people, it causes infection in them.
Prevention
Coronavirus has no treatment to minimize its effect. However, it can be prevented by adopting some precautions. These safeguards are given below.
Avoid public places and stay at your home.
Use face mask when are outside the home.
Use sanitizer, wash hands and mouth regularly.
Do not share your dishes, clothes and towel with other people.
Do not touch your mouth, nose and eyes.
Treatment of Coronavirus
There is no specific treatment available to cure this fatal disease. As,there is no vaccine developed for this disease; so in this scenario, prevention is the best and the only treatment to this contagious disease. However, the experts suggest:
to drink plenty water
to take over-the-counter pain reliever
to take cough syrup
Coronavirus Test
Two types of Coronavirus tests are conducted. These are described below.
- Diagnostic test or Viral test
- Antibody test
A Diagnostic test describes about any current infection in a patient body. However, an Antibody test shows the previous infection present in the body of patient.
Coronavirus Vaccine
There is no vaccine developed in the world to counter this epidemic. A vaccine is crucial to save people lives in fighting against this pandemic.Many medical institutes and research centers are doing their best to produce a vaccine. It is evident that any breakthrough would take a lot of time resource.
Social Distancing
Social Distancing is a practice of keeping greater physical distance among people to avoid any direct contact between them. Its purpose is to slow down the growth and expansion of contagious disease. It is the physical distance of six feet while meeting to each other. However, in practice, it varies from country to country.
Lockdown in Coronavirus
Lock Down is an option to counter COVID-19. It is the response of a government to restrict and fight against this disease. The government may close offices, shops, restaurants, markets, public places, schools and colleges and marriage halls to restrain and combat disease like Coronavirus.
Smart Lockdown
Smart lockdown is a feasible option of an active intervention of a government to introduce targeted tracing, testing and quarantine mechanism only in targeted areas. It is exercised in specific areas to halt the expansion of contagious disease in that area.
