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COVID-19 exhibits symptoms which may range from mild to severe enough to cause death. Symptoms resemble common flu and may not necessarily indicate that you have contracted the infection.

Radiation risk is a well-established fact in science that is generally known to the common public as one of the causes of cancer. Whether it was the Chernobyl explosion or Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bomb explosions in the past that caused an exponential human loss, each of them involved one or the other forms of radiation.

Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) may end in many ways. Seasonal changes, developed immunity, mutations in virus etc may help decrease the number of cases and eventually end the pandemic.

Coronavirus symptoms have ranged from mild to severe even leading to death. Cold, Dry Cough, Breathing Problem, Fever are signs of COVID-19 infection. But these symptoms largely overlap common cold and other flu symptoms also.

The saddening assessment by Jane Halton, who chairs Bill Gates-backed Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, diminishes hope that a vaccine could be available early next year. Ms Halton was previously Chairman on the executive board of the World Health Organization. She also served as president of the World Health Assembly in past.

The risk of severe illness due to the coronavirus is lower than SARS and MERS. Coronavirus infection recovery is good and depends upon the patient’s symptoms, i.e., how severe or mild the symptoms are. People with mild symptoms usually recover within 2 weeks. However, people with severe symptoms may take 3 to 6 weeks to recover.

On the basis of sequencing analysis on coronavirus genome, its origin most likely could follow one of the following possible scenarios. The first scenario could be when virus evolved to its current pathogenic state through natural selection in a non-human host (like bats).

Mail delivery is one of the normal daily routines that haven’t been disrupted during the coronavirus outbreak. Learn if it is safe to open posts and mails during coronavirus outbreak?

Since coronavirus is new to us, it is essential to identify the path of its spread and entry into the territory of our country and its mutations. The genomic information will help develop vaccines and antiviral drugs to treat the coronavirus. Learn about the size and structure of coronavirus genome, and other related information.

Doctors are advising caution for people who have heart disease or who have had stroke in past. In view of current information, it is believed that elderly people with coronary heart disease or hypertension are more likely to be infected and to develop more severe symptoms according to American heart Association.