What Is Coronavirus? Has Coronavirus Reached India? If Yes, What Precautions Should Be Taken By The People?
What is Coronavirus? Has Coronavirus reached India? If yes, what precautions should be taken by the people?
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The coronavirus is one of a family of viruses that can cause a range of illnesses in human beings that includes common cold and more severe forms like SARS and MERS which are life-threatening for a person.
India now has three confirmed cases of the Coronavirus, which has claimed over the 400 lives in China so far. The third case is from the state of Kerala's Kasargod district. The patient is now said to be at stable condition. The second case of this is being monitored in an isolation ward at the Alappuzha Medical College. The patient who was first tested positive for coronavirus is now hospitalised in Thrissur Medical College and her condition is also stable. Kerala has declared a state of calamity after the three positive cases has been seen there.
One should take standard precautions that are based on the principle that all blood, secretions and excretions (except sweat), body fluids, non-intact skin and mucous membranes may contain some transmissible infectious agents. It is similar to universal precautions, standard precautions include eye protection, hand hygiene, gloves, gown, mask, total face shield and safe injection practices.
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