Recently China is hit by the outbreak of a deadly new virus named Coronavirus. As per experts, the symptoms of the virus include runny nose, fever, sore throat, cough. This pneumonia-like feeling is making the world worry as its more than normal disease and has even proven to be deadly.
Millions of people across the globe are at the risk of getting infected by this dangerous virus infection.
WHO officials say coronavirus spread outside of China as a serious concern. As per reports, the deadly novel coronavirus has so reached 25 countries outside of China.
WHO officials say coronavirus spread outside of China as a serious concern. As per reports, the deadly novel coronavirus has so reached 25 countries outside of China.
As per CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention), the treatment available specifies the following:
There are no specific treatments for illness caused by human coronavirus. Most people with common human coronavirus illness will recover on their own. However, you can do some things to relieve your symptoms
- take pain and fever medications (Caution: do not give Aspirin to children)
- use a room humidifier or take a hot shower to help ease a sore throat and cough
Everyone is getting more worried as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread with more than 71429 confirmed cases from 26 countries. The death count is also gradually increasing with 1772 reports from China and 3 outside China. [Source: WHO (as on 17th Feb) ]
Know how Corona Virus is affecting Thailand (as on 17th Feb)
- Thailand is said to have 35 confirmed cases by now, which is the fourth-highest count after China (70635), Singapore (75) and Japan (59).
- One new case of coronavirus has also been reported
- Thailand’s biggest and most famous island, Vachira Phuket Hospital set up a mobile respiratory disease screening point
- The Thailand Government is scanning all passengers arriving on flights from Guangzhou across five airports including the main Suvarnabhumi airport, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Don Muang, and Krabi.
- Major shopping malls and mass travel modes like BTS Skytrain are being promptly disinfected to control further transmission.
