This document provides information about COVID-19, including what it is, why it's called COVID-19, its symptoms, how it is transmitted, differences from a cold or flu, prevention and treatment. It begins by explaining that COVID-19 is a new coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China in late 2019 and is part of a large family of viruses that can cause illness in humans and animals. The document then discusses COVID-19's symptoms, how it is transmitted through coughs or touching contaminated surfaces, that current treatment involves self-isolation and medical care if symptoms are severe, and that prevention focuses on good hygiene.

1. What u shouldknowabout COVID-
19
By Rucha Santosh
Tiwari,
Final year B.pharm,
From M.S.Gosavi

2. Coronaviruses Questions & Answers
1. What is the newcoronaviruse ?
2. Why it is called COVID-19 ?
3. What makeit new?
4. Human viruses type
5. What it’s symptoms?
6. Howit transmitted ?
7. Are pet at risk from COVID -19
8. Howis COVID-19 different to a common cold or
flu?
9. Preventions ?
10. How it treat ?

3. WHAT IS THE NEWCORONAVIRUS?
THE 2019 NOVEL, OR NEW, CORONAVIRUS IS A VIRUS THAT FIRST
APPEAREDIN WUHAN, CHINAIN DECEMBER 2019. THE FIRST
NOVEL CORONAVIRUS CASE IN THE UNITEDSTATES WAS
REPORTEDON JANUARY 21, 2020.

4. • CORONAVIRUSESARE A GROUP OF VIRUSESTHAT CAUSE DISEASES IN
MAMMALSAND BIRDS.
• IN HUMANS, THE VIRUS CAUSESRESPIRATORY INFECTIONS WHICH ARE
TYPICALLY MILD..
• BUT, IN RARE CASES, CANBE LETHAL.
• THERE ARE NO VACCINES OR ANTIVIRAL DRUGS THAT ARE APPROVED
FOR PREVENTIONOR TREATMENT.

5. WHY IT IS CALLEDCOVID19
• 'CO' STANDSFOR CORONA, 'VI' FOR VIRUS, AND 'D' FOR DISEASE. FORMERLY, THIS
DISEASEWAS REFERREDTO AS '2019NOVELCORONAVIRUS' OR '2019-NCOV.'THE
COVID-19VIRUS IS A NEWVIRUSLINKEDTO THE SAMEFAMILYOF VIRUSES AS
SEVERE ACUTERESPIRATORYSYNDROME (SARS) AND SOMETYPES OF COMMON
COLD.
• ICTVANNOUNCED“SEVERE ACUTERESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2
(SARS-COV-2)” AS THE NAME OF THE NEWVIRUSON 11 FEBRUARY 2020.

6. WHAT MAKES IT NEW?
ACCORDINGTO THECENTERSFOR DISEASECONTROL, "A NOVELCORONAVIRUS
(NCOV) IS A NEWCORONAVIRUSTHAT HAS NOTBEENPREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED."
CORONAVIRUSES INCLUDE A LARGEFAMILYOF VIRUSES THAT CAUSEILLNESSES
RANGINGFROM THECOMMONCOLDTO THE2003 SARS (SEVERE ACUTERESPIRATORY
SYNDROME)AND 2012 MERS (MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME)OUTBREAKS.
CORONAVIRUSES CAN BE TRANSMITTEDBETWEEN ANIMALS AND PEOPLE, ASWELL
AS PERSON TO PERSON.

8. THERE ARE SEVENDIFFERENT HUMANCORONAVIRUS.
• THEY WERE GIVENTHENAME CORONAVIRUS- CORONAMEANING CROWN- DUE
TO THECROWN-LIKESPIKE ON THEIR SURFACEACCORDINGTO CENTERS FOR
DISEASECONTROLAND PREVENTION.
• CORONAVIRUS FIRST EMERGEDIN THEMID-1960S AND THEREARE SEVEN
DIFFERENTVERSIONSOF THE VIRUSBROKEN INTOFOUR GROUPS: ALPHA,BETA,
GAMMA, AND DELTA.

9. COMMONHUMANCORONAVIRUSES
• 229E (ALPHACORONAVIRUS)
• NL63 (ALPHACORONAVIRUS)
• OC43(BETACORONAVIRUS)
• HKU1 (BETA CORONAVIRUS)
OTHER HUMANCORONAVIRUSES
• MERS-COV(THEBETACORONAVIRUSTHAT
CAUSESMIDDLEEASTRESPIRATORY
SYNDROME, OR MERS)
• SARS-COV(THEBETACORONAVIRUS THAT
CAUSESSEVEREACUTERESPIRATORY
SYNDROME, OR SARS)
• SARS-COV-2(THENOVELCORONAVIRUS THAT
CAUSESCORONAVIRUS DISEASE2019, OR
COVID-19)

10. SYMPTOMS OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE
• COUGHING
• FEVER
• PNEUMONIA
• SHORTNESSOF BREATH
• VOMITING
• DIARRHOEA

11. TRANSMISSION
COUGHAND SNEEZING
FROMINFECTEDPERSON
OR TOUCHING
CONTAMINATED OBJECT .

12. ARE PETS AT RISK FROMCORONAVIRUS?
• DR. ERANBENDAVID, AN INFECTIOUSDISEASEPOLICYEXPERTATSTANFORDMEDICINE, TELLS
ABC7NEWS THATTHE CHANCEOF TRANSMISSIONTO HOUSEPETSIS EXCEPTIONALLYLOW GIVEN
THELOWNUMBEROF CASESOF CORONAVIRUSIN THEUNITEDSTATES. BUT IT DOESN'THURTTO
TAKEPRECAUTIONS. ACCORDINGTO THECDC, "DONOTHANDLEPETS OR OTHERANIMALS
WHILESICK. ALTHOUGHTHEREHAVENOTBEENREPORTSOF PETSOR OTHERANIMALS
BECOMINGSICKWITH2019-NCOV, SEVERALTYPESOF CORONAVIRUSESCAN CAUSEILLNESSIN
ANIMALSANDSPREADBETWEENANIMALS ANDPEOPLE. UNTILWE KNOWMORE, AVOID
CONTACTWITHANIMALSANDWEARA FACEMASKIF YOUMUSTBE AROUNDANIMALSOR CARE
FORA PET.“

13. • ACCORDINGTO THE WORLDHEALTHORGANIZATION, "AT PRESENT, THERE IS NO
EVIDENCETHATCOMPANIONANIMALS/PETSSUCH AS DOGS OR CATSCAN BE
INFECTEDWITH THE NEWCORONAVIRUS. HOWEVER, IT IS ALWAYS A GOODIDEA
TO WASH YOUR HANDSWITH SOAP AND WATER AFTER CONTACTWITH PETS. THIS
PROTECTSYOU AGAINSTVARIOUSCOMMON BACTERIASUCHAS E.COLI AND
SALMONELLATHAT CAN PASS BETWEENPETS AND HUMANS."

14. HOWIS CORONAVIRUS DIFFERENT TO A COMMONCOLD OR THE
FLU?
• IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CASE OF THE FLU AND A
COMMONCOLDWHENCONFRONTEDWITHA PATIENT’S SYMPTOMS.
• WHENSOMEONE HAS A COLD, THEYTENDTO GETA SCRATCHYTHROAT, THEN A
RUNNYNOSE AND EVENTUALLY DEVELOPSA COUGH.
• THESESYMPTOMS CAN COMEWITH A FEVERAND A HEADACHE, WHICH CAN
MAKEPEOPLE FEELLISTLESSFOR DAYS.

15. • THE FLU HITS SOMEONE ALL AT ONCE CAUSINGTHE PATIENT’S HEADAND
LIMBS TO ACHE AS A DRY COUGH BEGINS.
• ONE’S VOICEBECOMESHOARSE ANDPAINFUL ACHESCAN OCCUR, AS WELL
AS CAUSING A HIGH FEVER, WHICH IS OFTEN ACCOMPANIEDBY CHILLS.
• A COMMONCOLDTYPICALLY PASSES WITHINA FEW DAYS AND MOST
SYMPTOMSGO AWAY AFTERABOUTA WEEK.
• THE FLU IS MORE TEDIOUS, KEEPINGA PERSON BEDRIDDENFOR AT LEAST A
WEEK, IN SOMECASES REQUIRING SEVERAL WEEKS BEFOREA PERSON TRULY
FEELS HEALTHYAGAIN.

16. HOWIT TREAT
MEDICALTREATMENTS
• IF YOUHAVEMILDSYMPTOMSANDAREOTHERWISE
HEALTHY, SELF-ISOLATEANDCONTACTYOURMEDICAL
PROVIDEROR A COVID-19INFORMATIONLINEFOR
ADVICE.
• SEEKMEDICAL CAREIF YOUHAVEA FEVER, A COUGH,
ANDDIFFICULTYBREATHING. CALLIN ADVANCE.
TO DATE, THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC
VACCINESOR MEDICINESFOR
COVID-19. TREATMENTSARE
UNDER INVESTIGATION, AND WILL
BE TESTEDTHROUGH CLINICAL
TRIALS. WORLDHEALTH
ORGANIZATION

17. PREVENTION FROM
COVID19

18. We will digest coronaviruse
We will defeat coronaviruse !!