Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Symptoms and Precautionary Measures

COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) is a new disease found in human beings during the later-half of the year 2019 as per the medical experts. Even though it genetically was similar to the previous coronavirus that was known as SARS that struck in the year 2003, it differs in its characteristics and effecting disease symptoms. It is a new type of virus that is passed through some animals to humans and through those affected humans to others. So, to distinguish it from previous epidemics that were typically human to human, this one is named as COVID-19 disease.

Common symptoms of this disease include respiratory problems, cough, fever, difficulty in breathing, etc. In severe cases, it may result in lung infections, kidney failure, etc.

Note: I am providing this information only for your help (as per the information gathered by me regarding this disease). It should not be treated as a piece of professional advice. So, consult your doctors for any problems.

COVID-19 Suspect Case Symptoms

1. If a person has traveled to a foreign country during the period of 14 days prior to the onset of this disease.
2. If a person has close contact with a victim of this disease within 14 days before the onset of the disease.
3. If any person in contact with the above-mentioned victims has a fever or respiratory problems (like any one of the breathing problems, cough, and sore throat, etc.) or both.
4. If a person having community contacts with a suspected case is suffering from lung problems like lung inflammation, and other related issues.
5. Any social or health-care workers in contact with the above patients and develops any of those above-mentioned problems.

Close Contact Meaning

• Close contact can be assumed if a person was in direct contact with any suspect case for a duration of 15 minutes during the previous 24 hours of the onset of symptoms in a suspected case or more.
• A member of the same family or friends living in the same room, students in a classroom, passengers in a bus or train sharing a seat in the back or front rows of the seat of a suspected case, etc. are all may be treated as close contacts.
• A person in contact with the suspected patient can be anyone who might have touched him prior to his diagnosis for the COVID-19 test or one who might have touched his belongings.

COVID-19 Precautionary Measures

• keep washing hands regularly (as they might get contaminated with external germs during your daily interactions). Especially whenever you step into your home from outside, keep washing hands.
• cover your mouth and nose with a handkerchief while coughing or sneezing or while others react like that.
• avoid touching your mouth, nose or eyes with your hands to keep them hygienic. You can wash them instead whenever you feel like.
• avoid close contact (at least one-meter distance should be kept) with people with symptoms of cough and sneezing problems.
• If you have any problems with health like breathing, coughing, sneezing, fever, or any other doubtful symptoms, immediately seek medical advice and care as a precautionary step. And act as per your Doctor's advice without failure.