What is the Disease?
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a new strain of coronavirus, first identified in a cluster with pneumonia symptoms in Wuhan city, Hubei province of China.
Most of the cases were epidemiologically linked to the seafood and animal market.
How is the virus transmitted?
- Novel Corona virus strains are spread from person to person through contaminated droplets from a person who is sick with the illness (through coughing or sneezing) or contaminated hands.
- The virus can spread through touching an infected surface.
- The incubation period extends from 1 to 14 days (that means the amount of time from being exposed to the virus to showing symptoms)
The symptoms are:
- Fever
- Shortness of breath
- Cough
- Headache
- Sore throat
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