Damascus-Sana
The Corona Virus Virus map expands from China, which has recorded about 1300 infections to the United States of America, France, Malaysia, Australia, Japan and Thailand, and while most countries are taking measures to reduce the spread of infection, especially in airports and places of gathering, the World Health Organization has not announced a health emergency on an international scale until right Now.
Corona viruses, according to WHO, are a common family that causes diseases ranging from common colds to more severe illnesses such as MERS respiratory syndrome and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
As for the cases currently spreading, they are a new strain of the virus that did not reveal human infection previously. According to preliminary estimates, it is transmitted from one person to another, and 25 percent of confirmed cases are severe cases.
And Corona virus, as explained by Dr. Mohsen Shaheen, a member of the Council of the Association of Thoracic Surgery, for SANA is a coronavirus and is transmitted from animal to human as it is transmitted from person to person in direct contact with the patient or its secretions for a long period, indicating that the virus remains alive and contagious in water circles between 5 and 6 days, and on Solid media for several hours such as door handles and others.
The incubation period of the virus lasts from one to 12 days, according to Shaheen, who confirms that the person who is carrying the virus is infectious even if symptoms do not appear.
The symptoms of the virus appear, as the specialist mentions in the form of fever, cough, headache, nasal gonorrhea, general fatigue, a feeling of exhaustion, muscle and joint pain, vomiting and diarrhea. The infection may cause pneumonia, kidney failure and even death.
And in the absence of any vaccine against the virus currently, according to the World Health Organization, some recommendations help to protect against infection and prevent transmission, including keeping hands clean, avoiding as close as possible to any person suspected of infection, and avoiding the use of their personal purposes and the joint use of, among other things, pillows, blankets, etc.
While there is no specific treatment for the disease caused by the emerging coronavirus, the care of the infected depends on the chest physician providing him with analgesics, hypothermia, complete rest and fluids, and if he has a bacterial infection, the specialist prescribes appropriate antibiotics.
The Ministry of Health announced that no infection with the Corona virus was recorded in Syria and that strict health measures were taken at the land and air border crossings to monitor the health status of arrivals to the country from areas that were infected with the disease.
