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SARS CoV-19

             In November 2002, mysterious pneumonia was detected by scientists in the Guangdong Province of China. The first case of this new type of pneumonia wasn't reported until February 2003, when it took only a couple of months to spread to more than 25 countries in Asia, Europe, and North and South America. This newly emergent pneumonia was labeled as "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome" (SARS), and its causative agent was identified as a previously unrecognized coronavirus (CoV), the SARS-CoV . Almost 10% of the roughly 8,000 infected people with SARS died. However, once the epidemic was contained, the virus appeared to "die out," and except for a few mild, sporadic cases in 2004, no additional cases have been identified. Now the question emerges that from where does this newly emergent virus come? And why did this viral disease disappear?               Coronaviruses are large, enveloped viruses with posit...

COVID-19 FRONTLINE WARRIORS

Who are said to be soldiers? The ones who fight against enemies, in the borders, to protect us. Right? Who said, fighting with a gun is the only way to protect people? Every human being is a soldier in their lives, in their field. But today, the MEDICAL STAFFS, who are continuously fighting to protect us from this deadly pandemic, are the real heroes of our society. Today the health workers, are constantly fighting against COVID-19 , making the night and day one. Neither can we see nor can we feel the presence of this virus being killed but of course we consider it as a universal enemy - the way the virus has proved itself to be deadly for humans, within a matter of months. Death toll in some countries is so high that they are having shortage of coffins to bury the dead. Humans are in such a confronting situation, where every day hundreds and thousands of patients are dying, and the doctors are handcuffed, due to limited medical infrastructure.      ...

COVID-19 can never attack You (PART-II)

In the previous part you have all come to know about Coronavirus ; category of the disease, symptoms and effect of it on the humans on its extreme conditions. In this article, we will come to know about some of the unkonwn facts on it and obviously on how this disease can't attack you. It was reported that the source of the virus is Horse Shoe Bat. This breed of bats have several strains of coronavirus of which the Covid-19 strain is the most epidemic causing. Asking of how the virus was spread, the reply is Vet Markets of China. Several sources even say that the strain was first shown in sea foods of China. As the eating habits of Chinese people include meats of many wild animals and insects, thus the spread of these diseases are bound to occur. These Vet Markets, where people of China buy meats of bats, rabbits and other animals, were closed when the Chinese Govt introduced lockdown for around a month or so. As they ended the lockdown, now those markets are again open and ...

COVID-19 can never attack You (PART-I)

   What! The topic seems to be very attractive and many of you might be even thinking that the content might be telling yo u  the secret, right? As of now, keeping the severity of the condition ca used d ue  to the vir us  yo u  m ust  know the origin of its nomenclature as m uch  as yo u  know the source. The word "corona"  is a Latin word meaning crown. Fascinated, right? Yo u  sho uld  be. The resemblance of the vir us'  structure gives this name.  Several strains of coronavirus is known but the present strain of COVID-19 is causing all the pain to the world, causing several painful deaths. Thus we should call the virus by the name COVID-19 due its specificity of the words which it has as “CO” signifying Corona, “VI” as Virus and “D” as Disease. Then what about the number, 19 – it tells the year when its first case was reported i.e. 2019. SARS COVID-19(SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIR...