The Fun Facts

Information:
Coronavirus is a family of viruses, which can cause the common cold or more severe diseases such as severe acute respiratory syndrome, Middle East respiratory syndrome, and the new coronavirus disease that first appeared in late 2019 in Wuhan, China, called COVID-19. A COVID-19 .
COVID-19 is a contagious disease that causes mild to severe respiratory symptoms with fever, cough, and shortness of breath. It can be transmitted through person-to-person contact, mainly through respiratory droplets that become airborne when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or speaks. However, much remains unknown about how it spreads.

Various facts:

• COVID-19 is the first pandemic since the 2009 swine flu (H1N1) pandemic. Unlike COVID-19, H1N1 mostly affected children and young adults.
• Over three months of quarantine, global cases of domestic violence and abuse are expected to increase by 20%, according to the U.N. Population Fund.
• The Coronavirus (CoV) is a large virus family with 7 known types.
• Coronavirus infections are rampant in the fall or winter seasons.
• The virus is transmitted through direct contact with respiratory droplets of an infected person (through coughing and sneezing), and by touching surfaces contaminated with the virus and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.
• COVID-19 and the flu (influenza) are different infectious diseases, caused by different viruses.

WHAT ARE CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS?
COVID-19 causes similar symptoms to the flu. Fever is the most common symptom, occurring in almost 88% of cases, while a dry cough is the next most common, affecting almost 68% of those with the virus.

SYMPTOMS:

• fatigue, in 38% of cases
• producing sputum or phlegm, 33%
• shortness of breath, 19%
• sore throat, 14%
• headache, 14%.

Symptoms of COVID-19 include respiratory illness with fever, cough, and difficulty breathing. Sometimes people experience chills and shaking, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, or a new loss of sense of taste or smell. In severe cases, COVID-19 can cause pneumonia and severe acute respiratory syndrome. People with chronic health conditions and the elderly are more likely than others to have a life-threatening case of the disease.

How can I prevent getting the coronavirus?

Few Instructions:

• Frequently clean your hands by using an alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water.
• Practice physical distancing, social distancing ie maintain atleast 6 feet from people.
• When coughing and sneezing, cover your mouth and nose with a flexed elbow or tissue. Then throw the tissue away immediately and wash your hands.
• Avoid close contact with anyone who has a fever and cough

1. The name ‘India’ is derived from the river Indus. It is a valley around which people settled in earlier times.

2. India is the world’s oldest, largest and continuous civilization – the Indus Valley civilization.

3. India is also one of the largest democracies in the world.

4. India has the largest postal system in the world with more than 150,000 post offices, which is thrice the size of that of China. India has the world’s only floating post office on Dal Lake, Sri Nagar. The office provides all regular postal services.

5. Takshila, the first-ever university in the world started around 700 BC in India.

6. India has the world’s largest attended events. The biggest of which is ‘Kumbha Mela’of 2001 – attended by 60 million people and was seen from space.

7. India has the biggest population of vegetarians in the world.

8. Taj Mahal, one of the Seven Wondersof the World, is in India.

9. Cricket is India’s most popular sport while field hockey is another sport where the countrymen excel. Did you know that the India men’s national field hockey team won six consecutive gold medals in the Olympicsbetween 1928 and 1956?

10. The world’s highest battlefield (Siachin) is controlled by India.

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