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Re: What are the differences between corona virus and flu?

 by Mugilraj ¦  09 Mar 2020, 22:43 ¦  Forum: Corona Infection - FAQs ¦  Topic: What are the differences between corona virus and flu? ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 1384

Seasonal flu is caused by contagious influenza viruses that can infect the nose, throat and, at times, the lungs. Symptoms can range from mild to very severe, leading to death in rarer cases. The current coronavirus outbreak is related to COVID-19, which is a new strain of coronavirus that’s recentl...

Re: How long does it takes for symptoms of corona virus appear?

 by Mugilraj ¦  09 Mar 2020, 22:30 ¦  Forum: Corona Infection - FAQs ¦  Topic: How long does it takes for corona virus symptoms to appear? ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 1456

The incubation period for a virus is the time between catching the virus and showing symptoms of disease . For the novel corona virus SARS-CoV-2,health officials estimate an incubation period of between one and 14 days . Most people start showing symptoms about five days after becoming infected acco...

COVID-19 patients are classifieds as Mild, Moderate, Severe and Critical cases. Recovered patients will not have any symptoms of infection and they are discharged from the hospital after successful treatment. Patients are discharged after clinical recovery (afebrile >3 days, resolution of symptoms a...

Re: Can people who is asymptomatic spread corona virus?

 by Mugilraj ¦  09 Mar 2020, 22:00 ¦  Forum: Corona Infection - FAQs ¦  Topic: Can people who is asymptomatic spread corona virus? ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 1429

A person who is asymptomatic may be shedding the virus and could make others ill.How often asymptomatic transmission is occurring is unclear

Thermal scanners are not exactly effective in detecting corona virus ,but they allows screening of large number of people anywhere at any time,display and detect critical temperature elevations in time On display visible color alarms when an individual shoes an "OUT OF NORMAL BODY TEMPERATURE&q...

Re: Are antibiotics effective in preventing Corona??

 by Mugilraj ¦  09 Mar 2020, 21:38 ¦  Forum: Corona Infection - FAQs ¦  Topic: Are antibiotics effective in preventing Corona?? ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 1606

Till now no one proved that Antibiotic are effective against Corona virus , it will be effective only against bacteria. To date there is no specific medicine recommended to prevent or treat the new corona virus, but they will provide Antibiotic when you affected and admitted in hospital because ther...

There is no evidence that rinsing nose will prevent Corona virus ,but some other preventive measures can be administered, 1. Try to avoid crowded places as much as possible 2. Keep distance from the people who have fever or any recent infections 3. Dont touch your face , eyes , nose or mouth when yo...

Re: Does corona virus survive in hot and cold climate?

 by Mugilraj ¦  09 Mar 2020, 21:09 ¦  Forum: Corona Infection - FAQs ¦  Topic: Does corona virus survive in hot and cold climate? ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 1262

Corona virus 'highly sensitive ' to high temperatures, studies say pathogen appears to spread at 8.72 degree celsius ,So countries in colder climate should 'adopt the strictest control measures according to researches from Sun yat sen University in Guangdong province. The virus that causes COVID 19,...

Probably there is no reason to suspect that the packages from the originated area .Because this is a respiratory virus similar to that of Flu.While spreading of Flu we didnt stop receiving packages

Re: which are the jobs that have high risk of getting cancer

 by Mugilraj ¦  01 Mar 2020, 12:12 ¦  Forum: Cancer Patients Forum ¦  Topic: which are the jobs that have high risk of getting cancer ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 4843

If we are careless ,the following jobs may get our lives into danger they are Rubber manufacturing Agricultural jobs Hair dressers and barbers Mechanics Construction workers Manicruists and pedicruists Plastic workers Mining Metal working Pilots Radiology technician Chimey sweeper Chemical factory w...

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