Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause not only the common cold but also more serious respiratory illnesses. A novel coronavirus was identified as the source of the illnesses on January 7, with the infection traced to a Wuhan seafood market hat also sold live animals. Now there are reports of the virus in nearly a dozen countries including the US.
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Number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus:
No for now but the rate at which the virus is spreading, if not prevented, it may get to Nigeria. God helping us, it will not get to the country Nigeria and to other countries.
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012 spread to 27 countries, 2,494 confirmed cases – 858 deaths
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) emerged in Southern China in 2002 spread to 30 countries, 8,437 cases – 813 deaths
Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people.
Coronaviruses are most commonly spread from an infected person by:
Awareness should be aggressively spread about this new virus known as the Coronavirus. It was recently discovered in China, where it was found to have killed ten people and infected almost 500 people in a very short time. The first case in the US was reported on January 21, 2020, a Chinese returning from holiday in China.
The fact that Nigeria has a whole lot of traffic from China due to trade relations presents a window of opportunity for this virus. Our governments on all levels, local, state, federal should be more proactive. We must not wait until the first cases appear in this dense and overpopulated country, with majority living on top of one another in our urban centres.
The symptoms of most Coronaviruses are similar to any other upper-respiratory infection, including runny nose, coughing, sore throat, and sometimes a fever. In most cases, a person may not know whether they have a Coronavirus or a different cold-causing virus, such as rhinovirus
There is no vaccine for Coronavirus. To help prevent Coronavirus infection, do the same things you do to avoid the common cold:
Please ALL our Health Professional (Doctors, Nurses, Preventive health workers, etc) should put pressure on our government medical authorities to help save our people by raising an aggressive campaign to save our people. The Chinese daily mingle a lot in the various markets all over the country, especially in Kano, Abuja and Lagos.
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