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Covid 19
- 1. “Physical distancing untilwe get the vaccine”
- 2. What is aVirus? Viruses are called living entities. They have an RNA and protein synthesis site called ribosome. Why is it difficult to develop vaccines for viruses? This is because they are non-living in the external environment, once they enter the host, they utilise the energy from the host to duplicate themselves.
- 3. CORONAVIRUS • Corona virusesare a group of viruses which cause diseases in birds and mammals. In humans, they can cause common cold, pneumonia, flu, SARS, MERS or COVID-19. They get their name due to spike like projections known as crowns or corona.
- 4. COVID-19 • The firstcase of Corona virus was registered in Wuhan, China on 31 December, 2019. •Till 3rd January there were 44 new cases. • The original source of the virus is not detected yet but bats are being suspected as the source.
- 5. SARS MERS • SevereAcute Respiratory Syndrome • Bats • China • 2003 • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome • Camels • Saudi Arabia •2012 Similar corona virus outbreaks in history
- 6. How does itspread? Person to person contact Droplets escaped from an infected person coughing or sneezing Touching eyes, nose or mouth with contaminated hands
- 7. PREVENTION: PHYSICAL DISTANCING WASH YOURHANDS WITH SOAP AND WATER OR USE AN ALCOHOL BASED RUB DO NOT TOUCH YOUR FACE
- 8. PREVENTION: COUGH INTO A FLEXEDELBOW NO SMOKING STAY AT HOME
- 9. “The only weaponagainst COVID-19 is your immunity” E A T H E A L T H Y LISTEN TO MUSIC EXERCISE DAILY If you feel anxious, don’t watch too much news.
- 10. SYMPTOMS Fever Tiredness Cough Shortness of breath Achesand pains Sore throat Diarrhoea, nausea or runny nose (very few)
- 11. What should youdo if you get the symptoms? If you get mild symptoms, practice self isolation If you get severe symptoms, contact the doctor
- 12. How to stopthe virus from spreading? Firstly, we need to maintain physical distance from other people. Lockdown from the government : The schools, colleges, offices, institutions and industries should be closed. People should be given options to work from home.
- 13. •Identify all thepatients of the virus In India, the estimated cost of testing for the virus is around Rs 4500. Also, the charge may vary from place to place and the charge of admit cost, medicines, PPE kit are not included in it. The government should make a large number of test labs SOLUTIONS:
- 14. •We can linkthe Aadhar Card of a person to receive his reports and maintain a database to check how many people are having the disease. •In every 15 days or so, the person can get him tested at the labs and update his reports online using the Aadhar service SOLUTIONS:
- 15. •The other waycould be utilising the man power allotted for NPR to check all the people for the virus. •They can take rounds for a building and issue them a certificate if all the members in that building are not infected. •If anyone is having fever, there should be immediate testing and investigation. This checking can be done every 15-20 days or so. SOLUTIONS:
- 16. Even the MunicipalCorporations can involve themselves in this management. There should be some rule or act made by the government to make the usage of masks and gloves compulsory and if not used the people should be fined or punished for at least one month. SOLUTIONS:
- 17. •Online banking and UPIshould be used. •The public workers like garbage collectors, bus drivers, ticket collectors, airport staff, etc should be given special gloves and masks as they need extra protection. SOLUTIONS:
- 18. Children should not playcricket, football as it can pick up the germs from the ground and convey it to the children. The areas which are often touched by people, like bus handles, seats, and lift buttons should be covered by disposable plastic sanitized sheets to stop virus transmission. SOLUTIONS:
- 19. Special shelter campsshould be made for poor and homeless people, where they get good food and proper place to sleep. We could make some chemical test which can be easily done at home to reveal if the person is infected by COVID-19. SOLUTIONS:
- 20. •There are morenumber of deaths being caused by cancer, HIV virus and other such fatal diseases. •Still, people are more worried and anxious about COVID-19. This is because, it is very contagious and the social media apps have spread a lot of rumours regarding it’s mortality rate. There is a 98% chance that you will recover Why are people so panicky about the disease?
- 21. •Generally, old peopleor people who already a heart disease are dying. • This doesn’t mean that young people are inevitable, even they are getting infected and dying but in a smaller proportion comparably. •This is not a test of your age but a test of your immune power. • If you a strong immune system, you will very likely recover from the infection. . If you want the correct news message “hi”, on Whatsapp to the following number - +41 798931892. This is an official help by the WHO. Why are people so panicky about the disease?
- 22. Vaccine Development •About 35companies and academic institutions are racing to create such a vaccine •The first of these – produced by Boston-based biotech firm Moderna – will enter human trials imminently. •It will take at least 18 months to develop a vaccine completely. This extraordinary speed is thanks in large part to early Chinese efforts to sequence the genetic material of the virus that caused COVID-19. China shared that information in early January, allowing researchers around the world to replicate the virus and study how it invades human cells and infects people.
- 23. •The WHO hasdone a commendable job since the outbreak of the virus. •Press conferences (online) to spread their campaign Donations and help from Jack Ma, Aliko Dangote, Kuwait (40 million USD), FIND, The international Centre of Commerce and a number of governments. •PPE kits and test labs WHO
- 24. The estimated numberof infections globally is 462684 and the number of deaths is 20384. A lot of information in this project has been taken from the official WHO site, I thank them for their reports and updates. WHO DR. TEDROS ADHANOM, Director General, WHO
- 25. There are aseries of steps done during the test: •Swab test •Saline test •Sputum test •Tracheal test •Blood test NIV Pune is helping a lot in these tests How exactly is the test done?
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- 27. •Economically, I cannotsay anything. The world economy has been shattered. •Most of the businesses and other jobs have shut down. We could face a vast economic crisis, if the vaccine is not discovered shortly. •There is a lot of unemployment and panic situation. • The poor people have no food as they were dependent upon daily wages, which are no longer available. Impacts of the virus.......
- 28. •Socially, people have beentaken aback. Only through social media, they are being able to connect with their friends and family. •Living in the same place for days and weeks is becoming challenging but it is also strengthening the family bonds. Social Impact
- 29. •Politically, the activepolitics has been paused; people are more concerned about hospitals rather than the Parliament. •But we do expect the government to help us with solutions and face the problem actively, which they have been doing. Political Impact
- 30. •In the educationalsphere, schools have been closed, exams have been cancelled or postponed, results are not being declared and there is a setback to all the young talents. Educational Impact
- 31. •Psychologically, people areworst affected. Living in the same house for a very long time is definitely very difficult. Somehow the population is trying to manage and get away with it. Psychological Impact
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