Before you go to a doctor?s office or emergency room, call ahead and tell them about your recent travel and your symptoms..
Read moreIf you feel sick with fever, cough, or difficulty breathing, and have travelled to China or were in close contact with someone with 2019-nCoV in the 14 days before you began to feel sick seek medical care..
Read moreIt's best to wear a mask, especially when you are in a public place. All types of viruses can be easily transmitted from one person to another through their cough and sneeze (saliva droplets). Thus, it's best to wear a mask and save yourself and others too. Even if you have common cold and flu, stay at home so that you do not spread the virus to others. Use a tissue to cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze and throw the tissue in the trash. If your symptoms seem to worsen, talk to your doctor immediately and get yourself tested. Clean the other frequently touched surfaces and objects immediately..
Read moreThe easiest way for the virus to enter your body is through your nose, eyes and mouth. Since your hands touch all kinds of surfaces, from your laptop, work desk to the toilet doorknob, it's best to avoid touching your face, which increases your possibility of getting infected..
Read moreIf you are someone who washes her hands only after using the loo, change this habit immediately. Wash your hands as often as you can - when you reach home from work, before you eat, after you eat, when you go out and many more times. Wash your hands for 20 seconds at least with soap and water. You can also use an alcohol-based sanitizer in the absence of soap..
Read moreCoronavirus can be prevented by following ways; - Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing. - If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol. Always wash hands with soap and water if hands are visibly dirty. - Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands. - Avoid close contact with people who are sick. - Stay home when you are sick. - Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash. - Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces using a regular household cleaning spray or wipe.
Read moreCold- or flu-like symptoms usually set in from two to four days after coronavirus infection, and they are typically mild. However, symptoms vary from person to person, and some forms of the virus can be fatal. Symptoms include: - sneezing - a runny nose - fatigue - a cough - in rare cases, fever - a sore throat - exacerbated asthma Human coronaviruses cannot be cultivated in the laboratory easily, unlike the rhinovirus, another cause of the common cold. This makes it difficult to gauge the coronavirus? impact on national economies and public health.
Read moreThere has not been a great deal of research on how a human coronavirus spreads from one person to the next. However, it is believed that the viruses transmit using secreted fluid from the respiratory system. Coronaviruses can spread in the following ways: - Coughing and sneezing without covering the mouth can disperse droplets into the air, spreading the virus. - Touching or shaking hands with a person that has the virus can pass the virus from one person to another. - Contacting a surface or object that has the virus and then touching your nose, eyes, or mouth. - On rare occasions, a coronavirus may spread through contact with faeces.
Read moreCoronaviruses are a group of viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans, the viruses cause respiratory infections ? including the common cold ? which are typically mild. The name "coronavirus" is derived from the Latin corona, meaning crown or halo Among humans, infection most often occurs during the winter months as well as early spring. It is not uncommon for a person to become ill with a cold that is caused by a coronavirus and then catch it again about four months later.
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