Disease Detective

Names for Covid-19

• Covid-19 (Technical name)
• Coronavirus (Common name)
• ¨The ’Rona¨ (A slang name that I hear a lot

Covid-19 Symptoms & Origin

• Coronavirus was discovered in late 2019 and the first confirmed cases were in China. Due to irresponsible travel and lack of safety procedures, every country has been affected by the virus.
• Covid-19 possesses flu-like symptoms that appear 2-14 days after contact with the virus.

Symptoms and Origin Part 2

• It started to be commonly referred to as the Coronavirus near the beginning of March.
• The virus’s impact caused the world to go into a lockdown, some countries staying in it even now.

What is effected?

• Young children, the elderly, and the ill are high risk for the virus.
• Coronavirus effects your circulatory and respiratory systems, silently harming the body.
• Specifically, it causes inflammation in the lungs and damages blood vessels and tissues in the alveoli, causing difficulty breathing.

Treatment

• There is no confirmed way to treat Covid-19, but there are ways to protect yourself and others from even recieving the virus

What You Can Do

• Stay distanced from others, 6 feet apart being the recommendation
• Wear a mask to prevent particles of the virus from entering and exiting the body.
• Practice self quarantine and stay home. This is the easiest way to ensure safety, but if going out is needed, follow the other procedures.