Novel Coronavirus Outbreak: Expert Advice on How to Stay Protected (Infographic)

This is the 2nd part of a series of fact-based articles trying to understand the pneumonia-causing virus that has world on its feet and Wuhan City in lock-down.

What Symptoms can we expect from the virus? Here’s what we know so far. (Reproduced from the research data published and available publicly in Lancet: https://tinyurl.com/to4k4hc)

We already discussed the background and the situation which gave rise to the terrible Coronavirus outbreak in China. As per Chinese media reports, number of confirmed cases stand at 2,070 in China by 26th January evening, with 37 cases abroad and 56 Deaths (all in China). Situation seems to be rapidly escalating with confirmed cases in China rising from 1287 at the end of 24th January to 1975 at the end of 25th January; a 54% rise in just 24 hours.

So this space is just to highlight what World Health Organization(WHO) and CDC in USA has recommended to stay protected from the infection. Just a reminder : Alcohol won’t cure the novel coronavirus infection(but an alcohol hand rub might save lives!) and right now there’s no definite cure for the infection, although scientists are working on a treatment and a vaccine.

WHO case distribution map as of 28th January, from their Situation Report(Data and Illustration-WHO)

So what can we do to stay safe ?

The following infographics will take you through the expert advice on how the risk of coronavirus spread can be minimized. Feel free to copy and distribute them in any form you want, who knows, it might just save a life!

Doing the simple things right sometimes can go a long way, Stay Safe :)