Corona Virus (COVID-19) - Virtual Kidspace

          Corona Virus


Corona Virus (COVID-19) is an contagious disease that have been virally spread all over the world. It spreads through contact with infected persons through the mouth or nose from the infected person's sneeze, speak or cough. First case of this fatal disease occurred in Wuhan, China to a wholesale market person in December 2019 according to Chinese Authorities. COVID-19 is a new strain of coronavirus and was firstly identified by Dr. June Dalziel Almeida who was a Scottish virologist. In COVID-19, 'CO' stands for corona, 'VI' stands for virus and 'D' stands for disease. Coronavirus was declared as a pandemic by WHO on March 11th 2020. Coronavirus contaminates respiratory problems (SARS-CoV),  to children and senior citizens.

 




The coronavirus has shattered the lives of many people. Most of the cases are in US and secondly in India. The main epicentres for the cases in India are in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Delhi. To contain this outbreak, Government suggests that the whole family should be self-isolated if any one person feels the symptoms like cough, sneeze or fever. They have advised us to wear facemasks and use an alcohol based antimicrobial hand sanitizer to protect our hands after going out. Besides, we have to avoid eating fatty meats, dairy products and other items which comes from animals as there are animals afflicted with coronavirus all over the world.
They also conduct curfews and lockdowns. We should follow the rule made by Government in which we have to maintain social distancing also called as physical distancing. It's better to avoid large gatherings or crowds. 



These are some of the stringent rules made by the Government. Government has to take vigorous action on people who are not obeying these rules as the cases are rapidly ramping up worldwide and safety is important.
We can also stockpile items for the future use in emergency. 

A vaccine was also founded to prevent COVID-19 and reduce the rate of transmission among the cases. The cases seems to be increasing day by day. Therefore we have to follow these rules. 

STAY HOME! STAY SAFE!