HOW IS COVID-19 SPREAD AND HOW DO YOU PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST COVID-19 & STAGES OF CORONAVIRUS
Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by a new Coronavirus introduced to first time. this virus spread from person to person mainly through the droplets
produced when an infected person sneezes, coughs, speaks. these droplets can land in the mouth noses of people who are nearby. these droplets are too heavy to travel far in the air they only travel approx 1 metre and quickly settle on surfaces. this is the main reason to person to person spread mainly through close contacts.
THERE ARE SEVERAL SIMPLE WAYS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COVID-19
* First and foremost always wash your hands 20 seconds properly with soap and water if that`s not available if you can`t get to a sink with soap and water used alcohol-based hand sanitizer and other than hand washing.
* cover your coughing is also very important
coughing into your elbow or coughing into a tissue will prevent those droplets from getting out into the public and potentially make somebody else sick.
* be sure to keep your han ds away from your eyes nose and mouth especially when you`re out in public that`s one way that we can pick up viruses from the environment.
* the environment should be cleaning areas like counter tops and doorknobs can also help and prevent the spread of respiratory virus
if you know somebody isn`t feeling well has a fever has a cough keep your distance and a view yourself feel that way be sure to stay home from work and out of public places for more information on the corona virus how to prevent disease and on hand-washing comment don below.
STAGES OF CORONAVIRUS,
STAGE -1: Imported Cases — When the virus has been transmitted by people travelling from abroad. it is the initial stages of the corona virus. in India the initial virus carriers are believed to be a group of Italians who later tested positive for COVID-19
STAGE -2: Local Transmission — when people contact with those who have infected by corona , it is called second stage of coronavirus outbreak.
India is currently in the second stage.
STAGE -3: Community Transmission — Community transmission happens when the infected person has not come in contact with anyone who has traveled to the abroad and affected by coronavirus . large scale spread of this virus and take place in this stage of virus spread.
STAGE -4:Epidemic — This is the last stage of coronavirus outbreak.
this is what happened in china and Italy when large number of peoples got infected by corona and there was a exponentially rising number of confirmed cases as well as deaths.
HOW WE CAN KEEP IT IN STAGE 2
Quarantine: Anyone coming from countries affected by coronavirus (covid-19) outbreak 9ii is being quarantined for 14 days, Regardless of symptoms.
Contact tracing: if a person has been found positive everyone he or she may have come in contact with is put under surveillance. if they show any symptoms, they are tested and quarantined too.
Stop mass gathering : Most states have closed schools, cinema halls or aren,t organising public events.
Awareness : public is being made aware of hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette
Preparation: scaling up infrastructure – testing facility, isolation beds and acute management of positive cases- taking place simultaneously.
GLOBAL RATE OF POSITIVE TESTS
UK – 0.2% positivity rate, 7,132 concluded tests of which 13 positive
Austria – 0.6%, 321 tests of which 2 positive, some results awaited
India – 1.2% 78 positive cases ( positivity rate may be higher because patients being tested are either those with travel history to affected country or their contacts)
France – 2.2% 762 tests of which 17 positive, 179 results awaited
US – 3.1% 445 concluded tests, of which 14 positive
South korea – 4.2% 66,652 tests of which 1,166 positive
25,568 results awaited
Italy – 5% 9462 tests, of which 470 positive, some results awaited.
BE SAFE, STAY HOME
