COVID 19

What is coronavirus?

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause respiratory infections. These can range from the common cold to more serious diseases.

Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.  Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness.

ORIGIN

Early cases of COVID-19 were linked to a meat market in Wuhan, China, but investigations have not found samples of the coronavirus in carcasses

Most researchers think the virus originated in bats, but how it jumped to people is unknown. Other coronaviruses have passed from an intermediate animal host; for example, the virus that caused an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) 

SYMPTOMS

People with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported – ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms may have COVID-19:

Fever or chills

Cough

Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

Fatigue

Muscle or body aches

Headache

New loss of taste or smell

Sore throat

Congestion or runny nose

Nausea or vomiting

Diarrhea

In Ecuador, the first case was imported from Spain: a 71-year-old woman who arrived in the country in February, later presented symptoms related to the disease, but it was not until February 29 that the Ecuadorian Ministry of Public Health announced the first confirmed case of coronavirus.

After being locked up for several months, governments began to let people out with the necessary precautionary measures. People little by little began to carry out their activities again but always with the necessary control measures.

At present we have all the freedom to go out again, but it is evident that the world has changed, you cannot go out without masks and alcohol and you must see a distance between people. in meetings you cannot see excess of people and take care of yourself