The disease appeared in the region WUHAN from China, in December 2019 and was found that it was transmited from animals to human(?).
The virus is contagious and is transmited on the following ways:
The disease affects lungs, liver and kidneys of the persons with low immunity.
From this category makes part:
Persons with good immunity, if they are contaminated, either do a type of flu, or are asymptomatic but they are carrying the virus.
A special danger is the case when contaminated person does not show any symptom (is asymptomatic) and spreads the virus, without to know about this.
The disease affects respiratory ways and lungs (the entering gate of the virus), the liver, kidneys etc.
COVID-19 affects different people in different ways. Most infected people will develop mild to moderate illness and recover without hospitalization. Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness.
COVID-19 usually begins with moderate fever and night sweats, dry cough and tiredness.
Appear to the persons with low immunity with chronic illness and these can be:
In case you have serious symptoms do not hesitate to call to 112.
On average it takes 5–6 days from when someone is infected with the virus for symptoms to show, however it can take up to 14 days.
By the absence of a good defence of the body at the people with low immunity, the disease evolves dramatically by distroing the respiratory ways and of the lungs and cummulating fluid in them, leading in the end to the death of the patient. According to the World Health Organisation the elders people and those with severe health issues like as cardiovascular, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases and cancer are most likely to develop serious disease.
In order to prevent infection and to slow transmission of COVID-19, are recommended the following methods:
For now there are several vaccines in use and for two of them WHO issued Emergency Use Listing (EUL) starting on December 31st, 2020. See more information about vaccines in use on WHO page.