People may be sick with the virus for 1 to 14 days before developing symptoms. The most common symptoms of coronavirus disease ( COVID-19 ) are fever, tiredness, and dry cough. Most people (about 80%) recover from the disease without needing special treatment.
More rarely, the disease can be serious and even fatal. Older people, and people with other medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, or heart disease), may be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill.
People may experience:
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Taiwan Singapore South Korea ban flights from China. Singapore also banned flights from China. One of the first to do so, in fact, along with Taiwan.
They use their Ministry of Transportation as a single point of contact for all requests for medical supplies like surgical masks, and the country’s Ministry of Communication forces out a centralized and rapid sharing of information out to the public via billboards, TV and social media ads, which is what the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention is now doing.
People are allowed to go to work. Restaurants and bars are open, though obviously not as crowded as people move to avoid large gatherings out of fear of spreading the disease.
We suspended religious gatherings.
South Korea knew of the disease spread because a group from a religious sect had traveled to Wuhan to purposely infect themselves.
Everyone who has come in contact with COVID-19 patients was tracked via their phones. Text messages were sent to people in the same area code alerting them to new cases detected near their home or their work.
The drug, called Interferon Alpha-2B Recombinant (IFNrec), is jointly developed by scientists from Cuba and China, where the coronavirus COVID-19 disease outbreak first emerged late last year. - Newsweek
CNN noted that “British officials launched an intense diplomatic effort to find a country willing to take the” infected ship, but were rejected by Barbados and the Bahamas.
On March 16, Cuba agreed to assist Britain, offering to dock the MS Braemar in a Cuban port and help fly the passengers back to the UK.
One of these medicines picked by the Chinese National Heath Commission has been creating news, with many calling it a wonder drug. The anti-viral drug called Interferon Alfa-2B is produced in China, by a Cuban-Chinese joint venture - Theweek
Devi Sridhar, 35, predicted an animal virus from China would spread to humans
Speaking two years ago, she said the virus would then spread by plane to the UK
The professor has also now criticised the 'slow' response of the UK government
It comes as figures revealed that the UK is on course to match Italy's outbreak
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A company in China has built two disinfection tunnels for workers to get sanitised within 20 seconds before work, state media reports.
This documentary goes behind the scenes in Wuhan, China and follows community heroes who are doing their best to keep the COVID-19 outbreak under control.
Meet deliveryman Lao Ji. He shares the trauma, anguish and bravery of medics, police, community leaders and ordinary people amid the coronavirus epidemic.
The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has infected tens of thousands across China. Originating in city of Wuhan in the Hubei province, the pneumonia- linked illness has already taken over two thousand lives in the country.
With a city of 11 million and those surrounding it under quarantine, emergency responders, medical professionals and volunteers' race to treat and contain the virus.
