Health officials around the world are racing to gauge the danger posed by a new SARS-like virus that emerged in central China last month and spread rapidly
Authorities are acting aggressively as the number of cases in China has grown to more than 300 and stretched to five additional countries, including the first diagnosis in the U.S. The World Health Organization will decide Wednesday whether to declare the virus an international public health emergency, a designation used for complex epidemics that can cross borders.
Authorities are acting aggressively as the number of cases in China has grown to more than 300 and stretched to five additional countries, including the first diagnosis in the U.S. The World Health Organization will decide Wednesday whether to declare the virus an international public health emergency, a designation used for complex epidemics that can cross borders.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded its inspection of airline passengers who had spent time in China to airports in Atlanta and Chicago on Tuesday, building on the 1,200 people who had been screened in California and New York over the weekend.
No new cases were uncovered. Six patients in China have died from the infection, which also sickened health-care workers who were caring for them.As they did during the SARS and Ebola outbreaks, health officials and scientists are tracking patients and testing samples of saliva and other fluids to determine the exact cause and severity of their ailments.
They’re identifying and monitoring people with whom the patients were in contact to see if the virus is spreading easily from person to person. And they are placing restrictions on travel to try to limit the exposure to scores of new people.“This is an evolving situation,” said Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
“We do expect additional cases in the United States and globally.”Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the CDC are working on a test that will allow doctors to rapidly diagnose the virus in the field, said Schaffner, though Messonnier cautioned that it could take time.
They also started preliminary work on a vaccine to prevent the infection, Schaffner said. That could also take time, however. A vaccine for Ebola that was recently approved in the U.S. took several years to develop following outbreaks in Africa in the past decade.
What is corona virus ?
Really this is a very large outbreak.Corona virus which is very dangerous to the human being.Corona virus that has emerged from wuhan city ( country : china ) through animals may be snake or Bats. which was eaten by peoples.
Corona viruses full family of viruses for the most part they don't cause any real clinical illness except the occasional cold but you know time to time there is a Rogue Corona virus that develops we remember SARS 2002 2003 and then there was another the MERS virus the Middle East respiratory syndrone virus this new virus like those others rougueviruses probably was first transmitted to human from animals.
Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that cause diseases in Birds, Mammals, including humans.In humans, the virus causes respiratory infections which are typically mild but, in rare cases, can be lethal. There are no vaccines or antiviral drugs that are approved for prevention or treatment.
Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (M ERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). A novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans.
how corona virus spread:-
Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between Animals and Peoples. By Detailed investigations by doctors found that SARS-Cov was transmitted from civet cats to humans and MERS-CoV from dromedary camels to humans. Several known coronaviruses are circulating in animals that have not yet infected humans.
Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that cause diseases in Birds, Mammals, including humans.In humans, the virus causes respiratory infections which are typically mild but, in rare cases, can be lethal. There are no vaccines or antiviral drugs that are approved for prevention or treatment.
Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (M ERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). A novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans.
how corona virus spread:-
Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between Animals and Peoples. By Detailed investigations by doctors found that SARS-Cov was transmitted from civet cats to humans and MERS-CoV from dromedary camels to humans. Several known coronaviruses are circulating in animals that have not yet infected humans.
Carona virus symptoms :
respiratory symptoms,
You have fever and not feeling well
infection can cause pneumonia,
cough,
shortness of breath and breathing difficulties.
kidney failure and even death.
severe acute respiratory syndrome,
Is corona virus cure?
At this till tome we dont have corona virus treatment,but we can handle patient through symptomatic care and sup[prtive care of course. Many patients in the china have been survived from this infections.
Precautions of corona virus
Standard recommendations to prevent infection spread include;
regular hand washing,
covering mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing,
thoroughly cooking meat and eggs.
Avoid close contact with anyone showing symptoms of respiratory illness such as coughing and sneezing.
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