Open AccessIn COVID-19 time, how to protect myself and others? a review
Author(s) -
Angham G. Hadi,
Mohammed Kadhom,
Emad͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏ Yousif,
Nany Hairunisa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jurnal biomedika dan kesehatan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2621-5470
pISSN - 2621-539X
DOI - 10.18051/jbiomedkes.2020.v3.153-158
Subject(s) - middle east respiratory syndrome , pandemic , outbreak , coronavirus , covid-19 , common cold , virology , middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus , virus , medicine , betacoronavirus , immunology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
Coronaviruses are a big identified group of viruses that could result in sickness in humans and animals. It was confirmed that many of these viruses caused respiratory diseases among humans and their symptoms range from popular colds to more serious diseases, such as the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The recently detected Coronavirus (called SARS-CoV-2) causes the COVID-19 pandemic, which causes a serious threat worldwide. There was no previous knowledge of this virus before the outbreak of Wuhan city in China in December 2019. However, there is progress in defining, understanding and dealing with this virus. In this review, we are focusing on the common questions regarding coronavirus transition and spread, and how to prevent the infection.