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….
Jonathan Read is a well-published infectious disease researcher from Lancaster University in the UK. In this report, Novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV: early estimation of epidemiological parameters and epidemic predictions, Read’s group came with the following conclusions: The basic reproduction number (Rο) or how many people a person with coronavirus will infect is 3.6 to 4 Only 5.1%…
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…
