2. AGENDA
• What’s COVID-19?
• What’s SARS-COV2?
• Sign and Symptoms.
• How virus transmitted?
• Takehome messages.
3. WHAT’S COVID19?
COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) .
Caused by a novel beta coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus.
First described in a cluster of patients presenting with pneumonia symptoms in
Wuhan, China, in December of 2019.
Over the past few months, COVID-19 has developed into a worldwide pandemic,
with over 2.614.000 documented cases globally as of April 22, 2020.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is almost likely of zoonotic origin, but has been shownto
have effective human-to-human transmission
4. SARS-COV2
• A virus
• Tiny infectious agent.
• Only grow in the cell of anotherorganisms
• Viruses are classified by type of the nucleicacid
in their genome (RNA andDNA)
• Itsnot killed by antibiotics whichtargets
bacteria.
• Itcan affect respiratory system (nose, throat,
lungs), heart (new or increasedarrhythmias),
and possibly lead to pneumonia and acute
respiratory disease.
8. WHO is an international agency of the United Nations that has a primary
goal to direct international health and lead partners in global health
response.
WHO advise public to:
Wash hands frequently
Regularly and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub
or wash them with soap and water to kill viruses that may be on our hands.
Practice respiratory hygiene
By following good respiratory hygiene you protect the people around
you from viruses such as cold, flu and COVID-19.
World Health Organization
9. COUGH ETIQUETTE
If you are
coughing
don’t forget
to
If there is no tissue,
cough or sneeze into the
bend of elbow – NOT
YOUR HAND
Cover your mouth and
nose with tissue
Dispose tissue properly
Wash hands with soap
and water or do hand rub
10.
11. VULNERABLE POPULATION
Based on currently available information and clinical expertise, older adults and people
of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions might be at higher risk for
severe illness from COVID-19.
12.
13. Hi, I’m Nurse
Lex!
I’m going to
show proper
hand hygiene to
prevent Covid-19
Lather hands
with soap and
water or use
hand sanitizer
1. Rub hands palm to
palm
2. With your right palm
rub back of your left
hand. Swap hands and
repeat.
3. Interlace fingers
Rinse with free flowing
water
6. Rub right fingers to left
palm and continue to rub
until wrist. Swap hands
and repeat
5. Wrap right hand to
left thumb and rotate.
Swap hands and repeat
4. Interlock fingers
PREVENTION
14. The coronavirus pandemic is a rapidly evolving situation, and the medical
community continues to learn more about the virus and how it is spread.
In CHD community : up till now, the incidence of catching COVID-19
infection is similar to non CHD patients.
Children chance of catching infection is less than adult.
However, when having the infection, there is increased incidence of having
more serious illness.
Everyone – including patients with chronic medical conditions – should
practice basic infection control preventions to minimize the risk of getting
or spreading coronavirus.
TAKE HOME
MESSAGES