Coronavirus Symptoms 2020

What are the symptoms of coronavirus?

Early symptoms of the coronavirus include a fever, diarrhea, a dry cough, shortness of breath and general body aches.

Some patients have also reported confusion and fatigue.

In severe cases, coronavirus can cause a high fever, kidney failure and pneumonia.

The initial symptoms are similar to other respiratory illnesses - such as the flu or the common cold.

How does coronavirus spread and how can you protect yourself?

Coronaviruses are typically spread through the air, with infected people coughing or sneezing, or by close personal contact, such as shaking hands.

It's also possible to be infected by touching an object or surface with the virus on it, and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes before washing your hands.

To protect yourself, you should wash your hands frequently and avoid touching your face.

If you're in an airport or using public transport, you should be especially vigilant about not touching surfaces and then your mouth or nose.

Where is The Coronavirus?

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global health emergency over a new coronavirus that has killed at least 304 people in China following an outbreak in the central city of Wuhan, forcing a government lockdown in almost 20 cities that, in effect, has quarantined an estimated 56 million people.

More than 14,500 cases have been reported worldwide, most of them in China's Hubei province. A man from Wuhan also died in the Philippines on February 2, becoming the first fatality outside of China.

What is coronavirus?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), coronaviruses are a family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as SARS and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).

These viruses were originally transmitted between animals and people. SARS, for instance, was believed to have been transmitted from civet cats to humans while MERS travelled from a type of camel to humans.

Several known coronaviruses are circulating in animals that have not yet infected humans.

The name coronavirus comes from the Latin word corona, meaning crown or halo. Under an electron microscope, the image of the virus is reminiscent of a solar corona.

A novel coronavirus, identified by Chinese authorities on January 7 and named 2019-nCoV, is a new strain that had not been previously identified in humans.

Little is known about it, although human-to-human transmission has been confirmed.

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