COVID-19(corona virus disease of 2019.)

WHAT'S IN THE NAME?

COVID-19 is the name given by the World Health Organization (WHO) on February 11, 2020 for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. It started in Wuhan, China in late 2019 and has since spread worldwide. COVID-19 is an acronym that stands for coronavirus disease of 2019. 

Why was the coronavirus renamed to COVID-19?

The WHO press release of February 11 explained why a new name was needed for this disease: “to enable discussion on disease prevention, spread, transmissibility, severity, and treatment.”

Diseases are officially named by WHO in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). For COVID-19, the name was decided based on agreed guidelines between the WHO, the World Organization for Animal Health, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The name, and its abbreviation, was chosen because it didn’t refer to a specific geographic location, a specific animal, or a specific group of people. It also had to be easy to pronounce and related to the disease.

COMING TO THE INDIA, TODAY INDIA'S RECOVERY RATE STANDS AT 60.73%, SAYS GOV.

SO WHAT IS NEW INFO HERE??????

AS ALL OF YOU AWARE OF VIRUS HEARD IT SO MANY TIMES BUT DO YOU KNOW THE CONCEPT FLATTEN THE CURVE AND RAISE THE LINE THEORY OF COVID-19.

FLATTEN THE CURVE

A large number of lives can be saved by simply ensuring people get sick at a slower rate, and this is called “flattening” of the epidemic curve. 

1. A flatter curve assumes the same number of people ultimately get infected, but over a longer period of time, which leads to a less overwhelmed health care system. 
2. A key factor to flatten the curve is social distancing, which refers to measures aimed at reducing close contact between people. 
3. Closing schools, non-critical businesses, and other places where people gather like sporting and social events. 
4. Practicing good hygiene by washing your hands frequently and cleaning frequently touched objects and surfaces, and isolation in confirmed and suspected cases. 

RAISE THE LINE

While health care systems are doing their part to help flatten the curve, they also need to meet the increasing demand. This is “raising the line” of our healthcare capacity

Increase the line means to the more number of testing , more hospital facilities and more excercise.

As the more contact of patients is with doctors and nurses so the usage of N95 mask must be more by them.

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