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Monday, April 20, 2020
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Is India underreporting the coronavirus outbreak? - BBC News
The number of coronavirus cases in India has reached over 10,000 and over 300 people have died of the infection so far, according to John Hopkins University data.
But doctors have told the BBC that the real scale of the outbreak is not yet known because of how the country has been testing so far. The BBC’s India correspondent Yogita Limaye reports from Mumbai.
Sunday, April 12, 2020
Saturday, April 11, 2020
Coronavirus | Wuhan market in China before corona virus
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Researchers from guangzhou, china have suggested that pangolins may be an intermediate animal source of the coronavirus between the bat and humans in the epidemic
Coronavirus may have originated from Wuhan market
The deadly coronavirus outbreak may have originated in a Wuhan, China food market. New York Times Beijing bureau chief Steven Lee Myers joins CBSN to talk about the potential link.
Monday, April 6, 2020
Sunday, April 5, 2020
Coronavirus: how do I know if I'm infected and what happens next?
Get the facts on coronavirus
Coronavirus: More health myths to ignore
Lemon juice, mosquito bites and blood donations? Reality Check's Chris Morris tackles more myths about coronavirus that are being shared online.
Coronavirus goes viral on TikTok l GMA
What is the coronavirus?
India At Stage 2 of COVID-19: What Does This Mean? | The Quint
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).[6] The disease was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province, and has since spread globally, resulting in the ongoing 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.[7][8] Common symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath.[9] Other symptoms may include muscle pain, diarrhea, sore throat, loss of smell, and abdominal pain.[3][10][11] While the majority of cases result in mild symptoms, some progress to viral pneumonia and multi-organ failure.[7][12] As of 5 April 2020, more than 1.23 million[5] cases of have been reported in more than two hundred countries and territories,[13] resulting in more than 67,200 deaths.[5] More than 252,000 people have recovered.[5]The virus is mainly spread during close contact,[a] and by small droplets produced when people cough, sneeze, or talk.[4][15][14] These small droplets may be produced during breathing but the virus is not generally airborne.[4][15][16] People may also catch COVID-19 by touching a contaminated surface and then their face.[4][14] The virus can survive on surfaces up to 72 hours.[17] It is most contagious during the first three days after symptom onset, although spread may be possible before symptoms appear and in later stages of the disease.[18] Time from exposure to onset of symptoms is generally between two and fourteen days, with an average of five days
Symptoms of COVID-19 | |
Pronunciation | |
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Specialty | Infectious diseases |
Symptoms | Fever, cough, shortness of breath, none[3][4] |
Complications | Pneumonia, viral sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, kidney failure |
Usual onset | 5 days from exposure (may range between 2–14 days) |
Causes | Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) |
Risk factors | Travel, viral exposure |
Diagnostic method | rRT-PCR testing, CT scan |
Prevention | Hand washing, quarantine, social distancing |
Treatment | Symptomatic and supportive |
Frequency | 1,237,420[5] confirmed cases |
Deaths | 67,260 (5.4% of confirmed cases)[5] |
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