Covid-19 A Threat To Life

Abstract

At the end of 2019, an increasing number of patients with pneumonia from unknown causes in Wuhan(Hubei, China), with a population of 11 million, has caused concern from the local hospital. On December 29, 4 cases were linked to the Huanan seafood market (The 2019-nCoV Outbreak), in which nonaquatic live animals were also sold, including several species of wild animals. The local Center for Disease Control (CDC) discovered additional patients associated with the same market after the investigation and reported to the China CDC on December 30, 2019. On the second day, the World Health Organization was informed of the unknown causes of cases of pneumonia by China CDC. During the first outbreak in Wuhan, the virus was usually referred to as “coronavirus” or “Wuhan coronavirus” or “Wuhan virus”. A few weeks later, In January 2020, WHO recommended “novel coronaviruses-2019” (not -2019) as the temporary name for the virus. This was according to the WHO guidelines for 2015 against the use of geographical locations (such as Wuhan), animal species, or groups of people in the names of diseases and viruses. On February 11, 2020, the International Virus Classification Committee adopted the official name “SARSCoV-2” severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2. To avoid confusion with SARS, the World Health Organization sometimes refers to SARS-CoV-2 as the “COVID-19 virus” in public health communications. In March 2020, US President Donald Trump referred to the virus as “the Chinese virus” in tweets, interviews, and press briefings for the White House. Trump stopped using the term by March 23, 2020, noting social stigma issues, and from March 11, 2020 when the number of the infections among the countries interested was 114, with more than 118,000 cases and more than 4,000 deaths, the World Health Organization has announced a pandemic