Acta Scientific Nutritional Health (ASNH)(ISSN: 2582-1423)

Short Communication Volume 4 Issue 5

Things to be Know about the Coronavirus Illness (The Era of Covid-19)

Vinayaka AM*

Department of Periodontics and Implantology, Karnataka, India

*Corresponding Author: Vinayaka AM, Department of Periodontics and Implantology, Karnataka, India.

Received: March 20, 2020; Published: April 09, 2020

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  Coronavirus illness 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the virus strain "severe acute metabolic process syndrome coronavirus 2" (SARS-CoV-2). The illness was 1st known in 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has since unfold globally, leading to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic. Common symptoms include fever, cough and shortness of breath. Muscle pain, sputum production and raw throat area unit less common. While the bulk of cases end in gentle symptoms, some attain severe pneumonia and multi-organ failure. As of twenty March 2020, the rate of deaths per range of diagnosed cases is four. 1%, however ranges from zero.2% to fifteen betting on age and different health issues [1,2].

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Citation: Vinayaka AM. “Things to be Know about the Coronavirus Illness (The Era of Covid-19)" Acta Scientific Nutritional Health 4.5 (2020): 03-09.




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