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| How Covid-19 looked like, computer illustration |
SOURCE
The source is said to be unknown, although it was said to be originated from a fishmarket in Wuhan, China, sources tells us that the source of the virus is from an animal and somehow transmitted to human. However, this is still a prediction. There is no reliable information that shows that the sources of this virus originated from an animal.
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| Wuhan City at night from Wikipedia |
PREVENTION
The main prevention methods of preventing this virus is to wash hands regularly. Another way is to keep 1 meter distance from the person near you. It is also important to make a habit of coughing at your upper sleeves but not at people's face. It is not going to work. Imagine people coughing at your face. Woah. So, it is very important to keep these habits at mind.
SYMPTOMS
The virus is just like normal flu and before this virus was actually known, people think it as flu and not aware of this virus, causing this virus to continue spreading across the globe. Some of the symptoms of having this virus is fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty of breathing. This virus is similar to flu because of the symptoms fever and cough. The only difference of Coronavirus and Flu is Flu having Muscle Aches, Fatigue, weaknesses, chills, sweats, congestion and sore throat. Below is the table of the difference between Flu and Coronavirus.
THE 3Cs
According to the latest discoveries and reports, the health ministry summarized and sorted out all the results into 3Cs that we are always reminded to prevent.
Crowded Places
Last time, we always thought that only markets, concerts, demonstrations or maybe temples during festive seasons are crowded places, where shopping malls are the exception. However, the world is different now. Shopping mall is the most crowded place right now. You may think that shopping malls are wide and complex, but nowadays that's the only entertainment and leisure people can enjoy. If possible, try to avoid going to malls and shopping centre. Get your necessities at your nearest convenience store, variety store,mini market and so on. And please, remember to be careful and stay away from crowds.
Confined Spaces
The word 'confined' means cramped (of a space). Many people never realised that the places they go are actually confined. Let me give a common example, aisles of grocery stores. Some aisles normally have more people than the others, especially the food and beverage ones. You wouldn't realise how risky it is to have so many people in a particular aisle, wouldn't you? That's what we call a confined space! You may have a chance of walking side by side with the people near you, or you may even have contact with them! Therefore, whenever you see an aisle full of people, go get your other items first or wait for the people there to leave then only you go. Spending a little bit more of time waiting is way better than you rushing forward getting your items with them and going back home feeling worried.
Close conversation
This is one of the prevention that most people tend to neglect. People might think that talking to relatives or cousins is safe. But, that's absolutely wrong! Stay at least a metre away from whoever you're talking to. You rather speak louder than risking yourself, right? When we bump into our friends unexpectedly outside, we tend to be so excited and absent-minded and we would talk closely to each other, especially during or after this lockdown period. Hence, always observe your surroundings and stay alert all the time whenever you're out.
THE 3Ws
Other than the 3Cs, we are also strongly encouraged to follow and practise this 3Ws which will also help us to prevent getting infected.
Wear
We are encouraged to put on a face mask no matter where or when we go. Either N95 or 3 ply surgical mask will do. This is to reduce the risk of getting infected by local community. Wear your face mask properly and never take it down until you're in your own car or back home. Besides, you can also choose to wear gloves or face shield which will also help, depending on yourself.
Warn
During this pandemic, always remind the people around you to avoid shaking hands or giving dap with anyone. Warn your friends about the danger and effects of Covid 19 to let them know so that they would only go out when necessary. If you really have symptoms of the Covid 19, consult your doctor and conduct the test for it. Disinfect your house keys, mobile phone,car keys and wallet when you reach home. If you find all these precautions troublesome and difficult, JUST STAY AT HOME.
WASH
I believe everyone had heard enough of the reminders telling us to wash our hands, for at least 20 seconds, in the correct way, with soap... Sounds very familiar to you right? Yes, this is one of the most important precautions you must take. Other than that, we should also take baths everyday. Of course, PROPER bath, which includes washing your hair. I know some of you out there are lazy when it comes to taking baths. But come on man, adapt to this difficult period of time.
HOW TO WASH YOUR HANDS?
It is quite a lame question. I mean, okay, I wash my hands. Wash with water, shake my hands and work done, or, wash with water, put more soap, shake the water of my hands and call it a day. Nope. But how to ACTUALLY wash your hands?
5 steps, 50 seconds, and you get to live 10 more years! ( Assuming you are young )
So now, we will go through step-by-step on how to wash your hands!
STEP 1 :
Rinse your hands with hot, warm or cold CLEAN water. ( Hot water ain't a good choice, how about trying warm or cold? )
STEP 2 :
Bubble your hands by rubbing together with soap. Lather the backs of your hands, between your fingers and under your nails.
STEP 3 :
Scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds. Don't try to make things big by taking out a timer using your wet hands and set the timer to 20 seconds. Because chances of you get short circuited by your timer is way more higher than getting the virus. Need a timer? Try saying ABC ( not quickly! ) to Z.
OR, humming the Happy Birthday tune twice. I will let you decide.
STEP 4 :
Rinse your hands under hot, warm or cold CLEAN water. ( Like just now, hot water ain't gonna be a good choice, so please try rinsing your hands under warm or cold CLEAN water )
STEP 5 :
Dry your hands with a CLEAN towel OR a air dryer machine OR tissue paper.
*** NOTE : Cleaning your hands with tissue paper might not be necessary because it is not so environmentally friendly. Try using a clean towel or hand-dryer machine to dry your hands!
In the mid of March 2020, Google made a doodle on how to wash your hands.
STEP 1 :
Rinse your hands with hot, warm or cold CLEAN water. ( Hot water ain't a good choice, how about trying warm or cold? )
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| Rinse your hands |
STEP 2 :
Bubble your hands by rubbing together with soap. Lather the backs of your hands, between your fingers and under your nails.
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| Lather your hands |
STEP 3 :
Scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds. Don't try to make things big by taking out a timer using your wet hands and set the timer to 20 seconds. Because chances of you get short circuited by your timer is way more higher than getting the virus. Need a timer? Try saying ABC ( not quickly! ) to Z.
OR, humming the Happy Birthday tune twice. I will let you decide.
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| Scrub your hands |
STEP 4 :
Rinse your hands under hot, warm or cold CLEAN water. ( Like just now, hot water ain't gonna be a good choice, so please try rinsing your hands under warm or cold CLEAN water )
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| Rinse your hands again! |
STEP 5 :
Dry your hands with a CLEAN towel OR a air dryer machine OR tissue paper.
*** NOTE : Cleaning your hands with tissue paper might not be necessary because it is not so environmentally friendly. Try using a clean towel or hand-dryer machine to dry your hands!
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| Dry your hands |
In the mid of March 2020, Google made a doodle on how to wash your hands.
If there's no soap and water to wash your hands, try using a hand sanitizer with alcohol.
Recently, there is a viral post on Twitter that a user claims to have made a homemade sanitizer using Vodka ( A type of wine ). And that is completely FALSE!
After the story went viral, the company of the following Vodka had a hard time and said that their vodka is not eligible for making hand sanitizers as the minimum required alcohol percentage to have the final product of the hand sanitizer is 60%, and the company's Vodka is less than 60%, around 40%.
Still, the best way to keep your hands clean is to use water and soap. It is proven to be the most efficient way of keeping hands clean.
In many parts of the world, tissue paper happens to be quite a big demand. People wiping out shopping malls for tissue papers everyday. If you are watching the news, you would sometimes see scenes of people snatching tissue. Seriously, please! Leave some tissue for the next person who really wants it. Not just snatch it all and put it inside the storeroom.
Demands of masks have been increasing too and people is charging twice the price of the retail price of masks! It is ridiculous for raising prices of masks just for profit. However, this student bought 15000 masks for the Chinese and gave them the 15000 masks and some medicines as support to the Chinese! It is quite hard to find such person these days.
Recently, there is a viral post on Twitter that a user claims to have made a homemade sanitizer using Vodka ( A type of wine ). And that is completely FALSE!
Still, the best way to keep your hands clean is to use water and soap. It is proven to be the most efficient way of keeping hands clean.
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| Snatching Tissue Papers |
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| Whopping prices of masks |
Demands of masks have been increasing too and people is charging twice the price of the retail price of masks! It is ridiculous for raising prices of masks just for profit. However, this student bought 15000 masks for the Chinese and gave them the 15000 masks and some medicines as support to the Chinese! It is quite hard to find such person these days.
ADDITIONAL TIP
After all this consequential explanations and advices, here are some easier tips which you can take note of during the next time you're out.
Go Cashless
Cash is one of the most high risk object that might infect you. Nowadays, almost all merchants and businesses accept credit cards that are valid in your country. Besides, the development of digital wallets, also known as e-wallets, are quite stable and safe to transact. Going cashless not just help reduce the risk of getting infected, you are also playing your own part of helping the world to be more advanced. Plus, electronic payments are all recorded and you can know all your money transaction histories without remembering or calculating it.
Stay Updated
CURRENT STATUS
Currently, China's cases per day is starting to increase due to testings from the Chinese Government. It is said that among the communities the virus is still present.
Besides that, India is also getting increasingly higher as more and more lockdowns are easing. If this continues, India might take over America as the most cases in the world.
Brazil has stabilized their cases, as India takes over with averaged 30000 cases a day.
Other countries such as Peru, South Africa and other developed countries are in the still categorized as high risk as Russia hits 1 million cases. With cases starting to increase daily, and lockdowns in several countries are easing, we might see a third wave.
As for the updates. China is seen to have less than 50 cases a day. As lockdowns are easing, many countries are starting to have cases. If people are not careful enough, cases per day can get to a million a day!
The highest is now United States of America, though unknown whether that will last, with a case count of 7407201, 210814 deaths and 4649820 recoveries.
The current biggest concern is now India, with cases increasing around 30000 a day, India might overtake America as the leading amounts of cases with a total of 6233700 confirmed cases and 97624 deaths. Shockingly, recovery rate is higher than America, with 83.3% recovered, and 1.5% death rate. It’s recovery is now 5192917. The next is Brazil, with 4780317 confirmed cases, 143010 deaths and 4135008 recovered. Followed by Russia and Colombia. Asia's highest, India, just as mentioned above.All information as of 1/8/2020 from outbreak.my.
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