Coronavirus is a kind of common virus that causes an infection in your nose,upper throat or sinuses. Most coronaviruses are not dangerous but not all are same . Ithas spread from the Wuhan region of China worries the planet. It belongs to the family of coronaviruses, a group that gathers from infectious agents cause Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS )and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
“We are talking about a large family of viruses, which affect practically all species, from reptiles to mammals”, contextualizes infectologista Celso Granato, from Fleury Medicina e Saúde. According to the investigations still in progress, the new coronavirus, which affects more of 4,000 people and killed at least 100 so far, may have originated from snakes or bats – even if it is speculated that the ingestion of one of these animals would have caused the outbreak. Although a Chinese study found a relationship between the new coronavirus and snakes, there is no consensus among scientists about the origin of the disease. Many bet that another animal may be involved with the beginning of the problem in China.
The fact is that different coronaviruses can mutate and recombine, giving rise to unprecedented agents.
Jumping between animal species (the hosts), they eventually reach humans.
“It is a process that has similarities with what happens in the flu.
Everything suggests that the new coronavirus was originally transmitted to the human being of an animal and is still in the process of evolution and adaptation.
“Although the transmission from one person to another has already been detected, the importance of interhuman transmission is still unclear”, says infectologist Lígia Pierrotti, from the Delboni Auriemo laboratory.
Following the pattern of coronaviruses and the prospect of the agent improving its spread among humans, there are some main routes of transmission.
According to pulmonologist Elie Fiss, professor at the ABC School of Medicine, coronaviruses are usually transmitted through the air, through coughing or sneezing, close personal contact or with contaminated
What does the new coronavirus do and what are its symptoms?
Corona symptoms usually set in from 2-4 days after coronavirus infection, and they are typically mild.
- sneezing
- a runny nose
- fatigue
- a cough
- in rare cases, fever
- a sore throat
- exacerbated asthma
