Corona virus

Corona virus or SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19 disease that has killed more than a million people worldwide and scores of others infected. Still no vaccine has been available to cure the disease named - COVID-19. Several medicines that were used to cure

other similar type of illnesses have been used namely- Remdesivir, Favipiravir, Chloroquinine, Dexamethasone etc. Corona virus caused COVID-19 still remains unknown with newer symptoms appearing. Although mostly it looks like normal influenza still corona virus causes severe infection to lungs, failure in vital organs of the body and ultimate death due to breathing difficulties- Asphyxia. 

The symptoms of the disease - COVID-19 include headaches, muscle pain, skin rashes, dry cough, persistent fever, nausea, loss of smell, loss of taste, shortness of breath etc. Although these symptoms are common there are also some asymptomatic patients i.e. patients having no sign of any of these. These cases are more dangerous. But Rapid Antigen Test and RT-PCR Test (Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Test) can prove the presence of the virus or disease. Swab samples from the nose or mouth are used to test.

More scarier part of COVID-19 is that it gets transmitted from people just by touch, standing with an infected person for more than few minutes or even by suspended air particles. Lockdowns given all over did prevent further infection but still more people have contacted the virus and the disease. Frequent hand-washing ,use of hand-sanitizers and social distancing - staying atleast 1 meter apart can slow infection of the disease and prevent it.