COVID-19 — A sign of imminent doom or a Wake up Call?
While the entire world is gearing for a lockdown, with no signs of respite, 2020 has begun with a grim look in the first quarter. Apparently, the previous year had some genuine parting gift for this year in the form of novel Coronavirus or COVID-19. The virus has caused a pandemic across the globe, spreading in an accelerated pace leaving countries like China, Italy, Spain, etc. in a lurch both socially and economically.
The affected people are being quarantined and the search for a remedy is underway. However, the death toll, as of today, has crossed the 10k mark and nearly two hundred thousand cases have been tested positive. Nearly 182+ countries have reported the detection of the pandemic and are slowly gearing to implement precautionary measures, social habits and medical protocols.
But this blog is not just another information page for the COVID-19. The media is rife with useful information as well as rumors for the same but we are here to look at something more astonishing that is a direct result of this pandemic.
A quick overview about COVID-19
Before we begin with our bizarre yet amazing revelations, here is a bit about COVID-19.
- Coronavirus or COVID-19 gets its name because the virus has spike-looking protrusions that resemble the corona of the sun.
- ‘CO’ stands for Corona, ‘VI’ stands for Virus, ‘D’ stands for Disease and 19 is the year 2019; making the acronym complete as COVID-19. It is an unofficial name and the correct reference is “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2,” or SARS-CoV2. The word novel is added before the name because the current coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans.
- COVID-19 was first reported to the Chinese WHO Country Office from Wuhan, a city in the Hubei Province of China in 2019. The disease is termed as zoonotic — a disease that begins in animals and is transmitted from animals to people.
- The virus produces tiny respiratory droplets in people infected when they breathe, talk, cough or sneeze. This enables them to travel through the air.
- Wearing masks, washing hands, face and feet after returning home is one way to contain the spread. Maintaining good immunity can help to fight any infections of the……..
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