The fear about the rapid spread of the Covid-19, formerly known as the 2019-nCoV for new coronavirus, from Asia to Europe and the Middle East rocked the stock market yesterday. Leading to the drop of the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 1,000 points. There are many concerns about the ability to contain the spread of…
The novel coronavirus is rapidly spreading. It is a force of nature like hurricanes, tsunamis, and typhoons. The difference is that the viral epidemics don’t announce themselves coming like the strong winds or the dark clouds from a coming storm. We have Covid-19 news from all over the world, and from that, we can see…
The new coronavirus started in Wuhan, China, and has now spread all over the world. The coronavirus is known by different names. First, it was called the Wuhan flu, then the Wuhan pneumonia, then the 2019-novel coronavirus that is shortened to 2019-nCoV. Finally, the World Health Organization named it the Covid-19 to represent coronavirus disease…
The 2019-new coronavirus is now called Covid-19. It has infected almost 78 thousand people and caused death in more than two thousand people. In scientific circles and medical circles, the Covid-19 is called SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 stands for severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus. The 2 is because it shares similarities with the original SARS that caused…
The new coronavirus started in Wuhan China and has now spread all over the world making it a pandemic. Like a coronavirus that mutates, so did its name. It started as the Wuhan pneumonia, Wuhan flu, 2019-novel coronavirus that is shortened to 2019-nCoV to Covid-19 according to the World Health Organization. In the scientific community,…
The vast majority of the cases and deaths (76,776 and 2,247) of the Covid-19 pandemic is in China. Covid-19, previously known as the 2019-novel coronavirus, can lead to severe pneumonia, especially among the elderly with many other medical problems. The Covid-19 virus is known to stick to the cells of the lungs. The way they…
The Complete Covid-19 Articles These series of headlines show how the human spirit can rise above the challenges of the epidemic. Similar to a body adjusting its immune system to fight an infection, the people and businesses who adapt are the ones who will survive. Americans adjust to new life, hunker down amid coronavirus-…
This post is for all the latest news about the novel coronavirus also known as Covid-19. A quote from the news is included below. Click on the headline titles to get to the original news post. Covid-19 Data as of Feb 20, 2020, 6:34 pm Shanghai Time Headlines from All Over the World Autopsies reveal…
China Centers for Disease Control Weekly released on February 17 a comprehensive study of 72,314 Covid-19 patients. The Good Covid-19 infections in the 36-79 years old are considered mild in 80.9%. No deaths have occurred among those with mild or even severe symptoms. A total of 1,023 deaths for a case fatality rate of…
A Study about Covid-19 Pneumonia Patients Last month, the Lancet described the patients sick with the Covid-19 that are confined at Wuhan Jinyintan hospital from January 1 to January 20, 2020. Of the 99 patients with Covid-19 pneumonia, 67 are men, and 32 are women. About half of patients infected by 2019-nCoV had chronic…
Shine news reports that Traditional Chinese medicine effective in COVID-19 treatment: official. Traditional Chinese medicine has been proven effective in curing patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a Chinese health official said Monday. For example, a TCM decoction named “Qingfei Paidutang” has been used in treating 701 confirmed cases in 10 provinces, of which…
According to the CDC, there is no evidence of pets getting sick with the Covid-19 Q: Should I be concerned about pets or other animals and COVID-19? A: While this virus seems to have emerged from an animal source, it is now spreading from person-to-person. There is no reason to think that any animals or…
Thermometer guns use infrared technology to screen for fever. These thermometer guns can be seen in some airports or on the streets of China to detect patients who may have the Covid-19. Not all Covid-19 Patients Have Fever The problem with temperature screening is that not all patients with the Covid-19 may have a fever….
According to Taiwan News, It’s possible to get infected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a second time, according to doctors on the frontline in China’s city of Wuhan, leading to death from heart failure in some cases. The claim is made by doctors working in the Hubei Province capital that is at the center of…
This article shows that it is possible for a patient who recovered from the 2019-nCoV to still spread the virus several days after the symptoms are gone. This happened in Germany recently and was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The Index Patient An index patient is the one who is the source…
The Coronavirus can get to the Nose thru the eyes. Have you noticed that when people cry, they get the sniffles? When we yawn, our eyes make tears, and we find our nose becomes runny. That is because of the lacrimal duct. The lacrimal duct drains the tears from the eyes to the nose. The…
The Wuhan coronavirus pneumonia is also known as the 2019-new coronavirus or 2019-nCoV. It was late renamed Covid-19 by the WHO. The rapid spread of the 2019-nCoV prompted the Chinese government to cancel all public transportation this Chinese New Year. Doing so effectively put millions of people under quarantine. The drastic decision is unprecedented….
A study was published in the January 24, 2020 edition of Lancet Journal, A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a concerning family cluster study. Summary of the Study About the Wuhan or 2019 New Coronavirus Person to person transmission has been ongoing since December 29, 2019. People…
The Wuhan pneumonia or 2019 novel coronavirus has dramatically increased from yesterday to today. This article is mostly taken the Centers for Disease Control. The part about soap handwashing is for household use. The rest is what is done in hospitals. Respiratory Hygiene/Cough Etiquette The following measures to contain respiratory secretions are recommended for all…
Coronavirus (CoV) is responsible for 10-30% of common colds. The most popular CoV are the SARS virus in 2003 with 10% mortality and the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) with a death rate of 34.5% CoV is back on the headlines again. This time as the Wuhan coronavirus or 2019-nCoV by the Centers for…
