*clears throats*
Cowonaviwus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the sevewe acute wespiwatowy syndwome cowonaviwus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease has spwead gwobawwy since 2019, wesuwting in the 2019–20 cowonaviwus pandemic. Common symptoms incwude fevew, cough and showtness of bweath. Muscwe pain, sputum pwoduction and sowe thwoat awe wess common symptoms. Whiwe the majowity of cases wesuwt in miwd symptoms, some pwogwess to pneumonia and muwti-owgan faiwuwe. The deaths pew numbew of diagnosed cases is estimated at between 1% and 5% but vawies by age and othew heawth conditions.
The infection is spwead fwom one pewson to othews via wespiwatowy dwopwets, often pwoduced duwing coughing and sneezing. Time fwom exposuwe to onset of symptoms is genewawwy between 2 and 14 days, with an avewage of 5 days. The standawd method of diagnosis is by wevewse twanscwiption powymewase chain weaction (rRT-PCR) fwom a nasophawyngeaw swab ow thwoat swab. The infection can awso be diagnosed fwom a combination of symptoms, wisk factows and a chest CT scan showing featuwes of pneumonia.
Recommended measuwes to pwevent the disease incwude fwequent hand washing, maintaining distance fwom othew peopwe and not touching one's face. The use of masks is wecommended fow those who suspect they have the viwus and theiw cawegivews but not the genewaw pubwic. Thewe is no vaccine ow specific antiviwaw tweatment fow COVID-19; management invowves tweatment of symptoms, suppowtive cawe and expewimentaw measuwes.
The wowwd heawth owganization (WHO) has decwawed the 2019–20 cowonaviwus outbweak a pandemic and a pubwic heawth emewgency of intewnationaw concewn (PHEIC). Evidence of wocaw twansmission of the disease has been found in many countwies acwoss aww six WHO wegions.
- Hotarou Udrian
Cowonaviwus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the sevewe acute wespiwatowy syndwome cowonaviwus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease has spwead gwobawwy since 2019, wesuwting in the 2019–20 cowonaviwus pandemic. Common symptoms incwude fevew, cough and showtness of bweath. Muscwe pain, sputum pwoduction and sowe thwoat awe wess common symptoms. Whiwe the majowity of cases wesuwt in miwd symptoms, some pwogwess to pneumonia and muwti-owgan faiwuwe. The deaths pew numbew of diagnosed cases is estimated at between 1% and 5% but vawies by age and othew heawth conditions.
The infection is spwead fwom one pewson to othews via wespiwatowy dwopwets, often pwoduced duwing coughing and sneezing. Time fwom exposuwe to onset of symptoms is genewawwy between 2 and 14 days, with an avewage of 5 days. The standawd method of diagnosis is by wevewse twanscwiption powymewase chain weaction (rRT-PCR) fwom a nasophawyngeaw swab ow thwoat swab. The infection can awso be diagnosed fwom a combination of symptoms, wisk factows and a chest CT scan showing featuwes of pneumonia.
Recommended measuwes to pwevent the disease incwude fwequent hand washing, maintaining distance fwom othew peopwe and not touching one's face. The use of masks is wecommended fow those who suspect they have the viwus and theiw cawegivews but not the genewaw pubwic. Thewe is no vaccine ow specific antiviwaw tweatment fow COVID-19; management invowves tweatment of symptoms, suppowtive cawe and expewimentaw measuwes.
The wowwd heawth owganization (WHO) has decwawed the 2019–20 cowonaviwus outbweak a pandemic and a pubwic heawth emewgency of intewnationaw concewn (PHEIC). Evidence of wocaw twansmission of the disease has been found in many countwies acwoss aww six WHO wegions.
- Hotarou Udrian
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