Recount text of CORONA VIRUS

Symptoms of Corona Virus

Corona virus infection or COVID-19 can cause sufferers to experience flu symptoms, such as fever, runny nose, cough, sore throat, and headache; or symptoms of severe respiratory infections, such as high fever, cough with phlegm and even bleeding, shortness of breath, and chest pain.

However, in general there are 3 general symptoms that can indicate someone is infected with the Corona virus, namely:

Fever (body temperature above 38 degrees Celsius) Cough Shortness of breath

According to research, symptoms of COVID-19 appear within 2 days to 2 weeks after exposure to the Corona virus.
Causes of Corona Virus
Corona virus infection or COVID-19 is caused by coronavirus, which is a group of viruses that infect the respiratory system. In most cases, coronaviruses only cause mild to moderate respiratory infections, such as flu. However, this virus can also cause severe respiratory infections, such as pneumonia, Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

It is suspected that the Corona virus was initially transmitted from animals to humans. However, it was later discovered that the Corona virus was also transmitted from human to human.

A person can get COVID-19 through a variety of ways, namely:

Accidentally inhale saliva splashes from sneezing or coughing sufferers of COVID-19
Hold the mouth or nose without washing hands first after touching an object affected by saliva splashes of COVID-19 sufferers
Close contact with people with COVID-19, such as touching or shaking hands
Corona virus can infect anyone, but the effect will be more dangerous or even fatal if it occurs in elderly people, pregnant women, people who are sick, or people whose immune systems are weak.

Corona Virus Diagnosis
To determine whether the patient is infected with the Corona virus, the doctor will ask about the symptoms experienced by the patient. The doctor will also ask if the patient is traveling to an area that has a case of Corona virus infection before symptoms appear.

To confirm the diagnosis of COVID-19, the doctor will carry out the following follow-up examinations:

Blood sample test
A throat swab test to examine sputum samples
Chest radiograph to detect infiltrates or fluid in the lungs
 Hong Kong Hospital Authority made the findings after studying the first wave of patients who were discharged from the hospital and had fully recovered from COVID-19. Of the 12 people in the group, two to three of them saw a change in their lung capacity.

"They are breathing hard if they walk a little faster," said Owen Tsang Tak-yin, medical director of the Hong Kong Center for Communicable Disease.