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The coronavirus COVID-19 , known as the Chinese coronavirus or Wuhan pneumonia - a city where the outbreak originated - keeps the world alert and has caused an unprecedented health crisis, aggravated by its expansion outside China by a quarantine of countries, including Iran, Italy, South Korea and Spain . The World Health Organization ( WHO ) has declared the international emergency situation and has warned the world to prepare for an eventual pandemic . We collect all that is known so far about the coronavirus .

WHAT IS THE CORONAVIRUS COVID-19

The coronavirus 2019-nCoV was first detected in December 2019 in the central-eastern Chinese city of Wuhan , capital of the Hubei province and with about 11 million inhabitants.

Coronaviruses are a family of viruses discovered in the 60s but of unknown origin. They cause different types of diseases and it is customary to contract some throughout life, without any other significance. The coronavirus owes its name to its appearance, similar to a crown.

SYMPTOMS OF CORONAVIRUS

The described symptoms of the new coronavirus are similar to those of the common flu: fever and fatigue , accompanied by dry cough and, in many cases, dyspnea (shortness of breath). So are discharge and runny nose, sore throat and headache, fever, as well as chills and malaise.

However, the symptoms vary in each individual, that is, there are infected people who hardly have symptoms. As with the flu, the most serious symptoms occur in older people and in immunocompromised subjects and with chronic diseases such as diabetes, some types of cancer or lung disease. It is also this group that has the highest mortality rates due to coronavirus.

HOW WUHAN CORONAVIRUS IS TRANSMITTED

Coronaviruses are airborne viruses. They are transmitted in a limited way among humans, in general by air through the droplets that the carriers produce when they cough, sneeze or speak. Although it can also be transmitted by human contact or by contaminated objects or substances.

The Chinese health minister, Ma Xiaowei, has also confirmed that this coronavirus is spread before showing symptoms .

CAUSES

Coronaviruses continue to be great strangers today. It is known that certain animals act as reservoirs, and in the case of COVID-19 it seems quite clear that it has animal origin. At the moment, a certain common link between infections and a fish and seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan has been found.

HOW TO PREVENT CORONAVIRUS

Among the advice disclosed by the WHO are the use of masks , use handkerchiefs to cover your nose and mouth when you cough or sneeze, wash your hands frequently, avoid agglomerations, and go to the doctor as soon as you identify them. symptoms To date there is no vaccine or specific treatment for coronavirus infection.

TREATMENT

In the case of the coronavirus COVID-19, in addition to the hospitalization of the patient, antiviral drugs, high doses of steroids to reduce pulmonary inflammation and respiratory support with oxygen are prescribed. In cases where bacterial infections occur, they should be treated with antibiotics.

DEGREE OF MORTALITY OF CORONAVIRUS

Coronavirus mortality is 2.2% in China, while in the rest of the world, the mortality rate is 0.7%. Despite this, the epidemic continues to be monitored daily in case these data are modified.

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