Coronaviruses belong to the family of the various virus which causes common cold, fever, headache. The symptoms are the same as that of SARS and MERS. In late 2019, the disease was an outbreak in China and now spread to the whole world in no time.
It is said that this disease spread from some animal from the wholesale food market of Wuhan, China, it spread from one person to another. In March 2020, WHO declared it as a pandemic.
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Symptoms of Covid-19
The surveys and cases studied until now say that the symptoms appear around 7-14 days after the exposure to the virus.
Fever
Dry cough
Tiredness
Other symptoms
Shortness of breath
Muscle ache
Sore throat
Loss of taste or smell
Headache
Chest pain
After several testing, it is also seen that few cases don’t even have any symptoms in the body but are tested Covid-19 positive.
Causes
The main cause is being in contact with the person or thing carrying virus particles. When the positive person or someone having symptoms sneeze, particles come in contact with you and those droplets can be inhaled or land in your mouth and nose.
Risk factors-
Someone having recent travel history to abroad, or someone being in contact with that person.
Close contact with an infected person.
Are the health workers at the high risk of COVID-19?
Yes, its true, health workers are at the more of high risk. Health workers include doctors, nurses, hospital staff. As we know that COVID-19 spread from one person to another, all the positive cases are taken to the specific hospitals prepared for isolation of positive patients or are asked for home-quarantine. So all the positive cases, who are taken to the hospital are taken care of by the doctors and medical teams, so they are at more in contact with a positive person, one medical or health care worker be in contact with other health care workers.
Though they are at more of high risk still giving there best, it’s because of the doctors and medical team and health-care workers that we are safe and beating this pandemic with great recovery level.
All the health care workers are making note of certain things.
Self-quarantine- After the duties for about 20-30 days, they are shifting on their duties, earlier one goes on for self-quarantine for about 14-20 days, and then move to their home. So it’s a big fight for them, staying away from the family and home, struggling and managing for the betterment of the public.
Wear Mask- Wearing a mask in compulsory for every staff member for own safety, as the virus particles move inside the body through mouth and nose. Buy a mask and other COVID-19 essential things from 3meds, by being home.
Supplements and medicines- All the workers are given certain supplements like kadha or honey and ginger or some medicines for better immunity.
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PPE’s kit- All the health care workers, working in hospitals, where COVID-19 patients are treated and kept in the isolation ward, are asked to wear PPE kits to avoid being in contact with the positive person, or being in risk of COVID-19.
Healthy people allowed- The one who is fully physically fit are advised to do duties, the one having diabetes or asthma or any health problem, females who have conceived are advised not to do duty as these people are at high risk due to low immunity system.
Maintain social distance- Maintaining a distance of about 1m is the only way to protect you and your family, as we don’t have any particular treatment it’s better to take precautions and save yourself during this pandemic.
Usage of aarogya setu app- Government has launched the application asked everyone to download it, somewhere it is also marked as mandatory, the reason being another user having COVID-19 or symptoms put his/her information on his application would be known to you that someone near you might be COVID-19 positive or have similar symptoms.
