Coronavirus

What is a coronavirus?
A coronavirus is a virus that belongs to the virus group coronavirdae. They are named coronavirus, because of their appearance looks like a crown from the microscope, and the word crown or halo in latin is "corona", so coronavirus is a virus shaped like a crown. Common colds can be caused by the common versions of coronavirus OC43 and 229E, however, "SARS (SARS-CoV)", "MERS (MERS-CoV)" or the Novel Coronavirus found in WuHan in 2019 (Covid-19) was caused by a coronavirus  too, just a rarer type.

How it happens:
Coronaviruses transmits through sneezing and coughing, and the virus can stay in the air for about 10 minutes. It can also be transmitted by body fluids, such as saliva or mucus. For example, if a person infected sneezes into their hands, and without washing it, shakes your hand and you touch your eyes, nose or mouth, you may get infected with the coronavirus. If these viruses land on your tissue, they die in about 15 minutes, but it can live up to 24 hours in other conditions. When in a body, the virus will attack your cells and take over it and making it a virus replicating machine by its RNA. When the enough viruses are made, the cell bursts open and dies, and millions of viruses bursts out and the process repeats. Soon, your body feels this and responds with an immune response which causes symptoms, such as coughing or fever. The body also sends out antibodies to try to fight the virus and in severe cases, white blood cells may even send out chemicals, which can cause leakage of fluids into the lungs and added to the cellular destruction of the cell, can cause death by suffocation. Other than that, since your immune system is weakened, bacteria you can usually can fight off easily can kill you, because your protection is weakened or even compromised by the virus.

Symptoms:
- runny nose
- light headed
- headache
- fever- coughing
- sneezing
- sore throat
-pneumonia
-bronchitis

Diagnosis needed:
-Blood sample
-Travel history
-Bodily fluids

Treatment:
None! Did you know you cannot treat a common cold? Thats why there is no cure for the Covid-19 too! The strong ones with strong immune systems can fight off colds or even the Covid-19. The weak ones would die to it. That's why thousands of people die per day and it is important to get a vaccine to prevent getting the virus. If you got a common cold, just let your body do the work and take some rests.

Prevention:
- Vaccine
- Avoid touching your face with hands
- Wash your hands oftenly
- Don't be around sick ones

- Social Distance

- Wear a mask