More than 2,000 cases of infection with the Chinese coronavirus have been recorded, 80 people have died from this disease.
Doctors are already familiar with the type of virus that has an outbreak in China. The coronavirus previously triggered an epidemic of severe Sars respiratory syndrome in 2003, as well as Mers respiratory syndrome in 2012.
The coronavirus is characterized by a fairly high mortality rate, in the first case 9% of those infected died, and in the second - 35%.The carriers of viruses are not people, but animals, fortunately, cases of human infection directly from animals are rare. But if this happens, then the virus becomes dangerous due to mutations, the ability to grow and develop in a new environment for it.
Why is coronavirus so dangerous?
The human immune system is not ready to fight the animal virus, because it has not encountered anything like this until this moment, this makes the body extremely vulnerable. In addition, the spread of the virus is difficult to control with the help of medicines, because there are very few antiviral drugs.But you shouldn't panic!
If you hear information about the spread of coronavirus in the territory where you live, you must take all preventive measures:
- wear a protective mask in public places,
- wash your hands regularly,
- support the body with vitamin C,
- monitor your health.
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