Question

Prepare a brief Research report on covid-19 virus outbreak. You may include the following points.

Casual organism

mode of transmission

symptoms

Treatment

prevention measures, giving do's and don'ts.



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Answer 1

Answer:

A novel strain of coronavirus — SARS-CoV-2 — was first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, a city in China’s Hubei province with a population of 11 million, after an outbreak of pneumonia without an obvious cause. The virus has now spread to over 200 countries and territories across the globe, and was characterised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.

As of 9:00 on 29 June 2020, there were 10,021,401 laboratory-confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection globally, with 499,913 reported deaths. The number of cases and deaths outside of China overtook those within the country on 16 March 2020.

As of 9:00 on 29 June 2020, there have been 311,965 confirmed cases of the virus in the UK and, as of 17:00 on 28 June 2020, 43,575 of these have died (in all settings).

How is COVID-19 diagnosed?

As this coronavirus affects the respiratory tract, common presenting symptoms include fever and dry cough, with some patients presenting with respiratory symptoms (e.g. sore throat, nasal congestion, malaise, headache and myalgia) or even struggling for breath.

In severe cases, the coronavirus can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and death.

The case definition for COVID-19 is based on symptoms regardless of travel history or contact with confirmed cases. Diagnosis is suspected in patients requiring admission to hospital with signs and symptoms of pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome or influenza, and in those with a new, continuous cough or fever who are well enough to stay in the community (see Box 1). A new symptom, a loss or changed sense of normal smell or taste (anosmia), was added on 18 May 2020. A diagnostic test has been developed, and countries are quarantining suspected cases