{"id":3559,"date":"2020-03-06T09:39:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T09:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/blog\/?p=3559"},"modified":"2020-03-06T09:41:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T09:41:08","slug":"what-is-coronavirus-covid-19-symptoms-travel-tips-shikhar-travels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/blog\/what-is-coronavirus-covid-19-symptoms-travel-tips-shikhar-travels\/","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffCoronavirus: All You Should Know about this Deadly Infection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The\nrecent outburst of a novel\nCoronavirus, also called COVID-19 has left people worried and fearful\nabout their health. As the virus is found spreading in about 56 countries, experts\nfear that it could grow as a worldwide pandemic. The virus spread continues\nfaster than expected, people fear to interact with other people, not able to\ncarry out everyday chores carefree, avoiding travelling on public transport. Till\nnow, the Coronavirus death\ntoll rises approx. 3000 worldwide and continue rising. Stay woke, and be\nprepared must be your top priority! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\nis Coronavirus<\/strong>, COVID-19?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coronaviruses\nare generally a large group of viruses that commonly cause diseases in animals.\nCoronaviruses are zoonotic, that means they can transmit between animals and humans.\nAnd today, these viruses have jumped on humans as well, making them sick with\nan illness, having common-cold like symptoms. The Coronavirus, named COVID-19 is a deadly new\nvirus which can lead to organ failure, pneumonia and even death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The spread of Coronavirus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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31st December 2019:<\/strong> The\nWorld Health Organization (WHO) China\u2019s office was informed of some unknown\nvirus which is leading to so many pneumonia cases in\nWuhan, Hubei Province of China with a population\nof approximately 11 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7th January 2020:<\/strong> Chinese authorities\nidentified this unknown virus as a novel Coronavirus. It was named 2019-nCoV,\nfit into the coronavirus family, which comprises of SARS and the common cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20 January 2020:<\/strong> Another report is\ncreated which says that the infection of Coronavirus has spread from Wuhan City\nto other cities as well as abroad. It thus started screening passengers\narriving from Wuhan city. Thus, the WHO states to declare an international\npublic health emergency over Coronavirus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 January 2020:<\/strong> Death toll in China\ncomes at 26, with more than 830 infections. Travel restrictions were imposed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

30 January 2020:<\/strong> The virus was\ndeclared as a global emergency by the World Health Organization as the death\ntoll comes to 170 with 7711 cases reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 February 2020:<\/strong> A few death cases are\nconfirmed outside China. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

11 February 2020:<\/strong> The death toll in\nChina jumped above 1000 and WHO reported the new coronavirus to be called\nCOVID-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

26 February 2020:<\/strong> Romania, Georgia,\nPakistan, North Macedonia, Norway and Brazil all detected with cases of\nCoronavirus. The global death toll jumped to 2800 with about 80,000 confirmed\ninfected people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even several types of research are made, but there is no possible solution to stop the global spread of Coronavirus. There is no treatment, so prevention is the best measure, you must follow. Main actions by SEGC include no travelers from China and screening of passengers travelling through the affected parts of the world. Therefore, travelers must adopt preventive measures appropriately to keep themselves safe from this deadly virus. Shikhar Travels<\/a>,<\/strong> the leading travel agency is also supporting the Control and Prevention of this deadly Coronavirus. You can head to their website for the latest travel notice to some countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impact of Coronavirus in India<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\nIndia, the first case was confirmed on 30 January 2020 in Kerala state. It is\nfound that the affected person had a travel history of Wuhan City in China.\nTill now, 31 cases are confirmed for Coronavirus infection in India<\/strong>. COVID-31 is tested positive\nfor all the people who had a travel history of Italy. All such passengers have\nbeen quarantined at the Chawla Camp in New Delhi. Several measures have been\ntaken by the Indian government to minimize the spread of this deadly virus.\nPassengers arriving from Wuhan and other affected places are set under\nquarantine for about 14 days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\ncancellation of existing e-visas issued to all foreign nationals of China is\nanother step by the Indian government to control this deadly infection. Thermal\nscreening has been set up at 21 airports comprising Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai,\nHyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, and Cochin to keep a check on the new virus.\nThere will be announcements more such travel restrictions if fresh cases were\nreported in different parts of India. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Symptoms of Coronavirus:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although,\nit is unclear how infectious, this deadly virus can be. But when we read out\nall the reports, it can be said that it spreads through person to person that\nare in close contact with each other. Symptoms of Coronavirus (COVID-19) appear after 2-14 days after\nexposure. The symptoms are similar to common diseases like common cold and flu.\nHere is the list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n