“COVID 19- Two Waves & More” What Have We Learnt?

Authors

  • Manuj Kumar Sarkar Associate Professor, Department of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar
  • Subhra Dey Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics
  • Boudhayan Das Munshi Assistant Professor, Department of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar

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https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmsdr.v5i12.885

Abstract

The first case of SARS-CoV2 admitted on 26th December 2019 in Central Hospital, Wuhan, China. Broncho-alveolar lavage and Polymerase chain reaction of the aspirate showed high abundance of a viral RNA which has 89.1 % nucleotide identity with bat coronavirus previously isolated in China. Soon human to human transmission was observed and the outbreak started spreading. World Health Organisation on 11th March 2020 declared it as pandemic. COVID 19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, a disease we are still struggling to contain. With vaccination drive throughout the world, though the severity in re-infection has come down, but there is still threat by the various variants which are arising from time to time in various countries. The most effective way of preventing the spread of the virus is to keep physical distance from others of at least 1 meter, wearing a well fitted mask, keep hands clean and use hand sanitizer frequently, stay in well ventilated place, avoid crowded place and cough into bent elbow or tissue paper and get vaccinated when once’s turn comes. Therefore, we urge people to follow COVID appropriate behaviour properly.

Keywords: COVID 19, SARS-CoV2, COVID appropriate behaviour, Social Distancing

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Published

2021-12-22

How to Cite

Sarkar, M. K. ., Dey, S. ., & Munshi, B. D. . (2021). “COVID 19- Two Waves & More” What Have We Learnt?. International Journal of Medical Science And Diagnosis Research, 5(12). https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmsdr.v5i12.885

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