So far, close to 80 countries, including India, have already reported cases of Coronavirus infection or Covid-19. In India, the number of cases has risen to 28, including 15 Italian tourists in the country.
Well, experts still believe that the virus can be contained, but there are several questions and a lot of confusion around Dos and Don’ts.
Here're the top 9 questions you always wanted to ask
1. How does Coronavirus spread?
The virus cannot travel by itself. Its most common carrier is respiratory droplets, or saliva.
So when an infected person coughs or sneezes, the ejected saliva droplets infect others in their vicinity.
To avoid infection, doctors recommend maintaining a distance of at least 1 metre (3 feet) from the sick person.
2. What are the symptoms of Coronavirus infection?
Unlike other life-threatening diseases, the symptoms shown in the Coronavirus disease are not distinct. They are more like common cold and cough — such as fever, dry cough, exhaustion, expectoration of mucus when coughing, shortness of breath, sore throat, headaches, muscle aches, chills. Some less frequent symptoms are nausea and vomiting, stuffy nose and diarrhoea.
Running nose is not a symptom of Covid.
3. Is there any treatment found to combat the virus?
Despite toiling hard, scientists have so far not been able to find proven drugs or vaccines for effective treatment of the disease....READ MORE
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