Corona : A Pandemic The out break of new corona virus disease COVID-19. COVID-19 is a pandemic. It was first identified during December 2019 in Wuhan city of China. It is now a new cause of huge number of deaths all around the world. COVID-19 is a disease caused by the novel corona virus whose symptoms are fever, dry cough, breathing difficulties. Some patients have nozzle actions and runny nose, soar throat and diarrhoea. About 80% of confirm cases recover from the disease without any serious complications however one out of every six people who are suffering from this can have serious complications and difficulties in breathing. In most cases infection can be treated only with higher level facilities like in AIIMS, Medical College and district level hospitals which have facilities of oxygen and ventilator. COVID-19 mainly spread by droplets produced as a result of coughing and sneezing of infected person. So avoid direct contact with the patient. If we do not cover our face from coughing and sneezing, we may get infected. Scientists say that virus survives on surface and clothes for many days. Our government has been implimenting different measures to protect people from the disease. Corona tests are done on symptomatic patients. Social distancing is must to minimise the patients. It is our responsiblity to take care of ourselves and support the corona warriors in these fight against COVID-19. Hand wash is very common practice in this regard. We must follow the proverb "Prevention is better that cure" to avoid COVID-19 from spreading in our earth.
