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CORONAVIRUS

CORONAVIRUS
CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19)

CORONAVIRUS IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE CAUSED


BY A NEWLY DISCOVERED
CORONAVIRUS.

CORONAVIRUS
OVE R V I E
W
MOST PEOPLE INFECTED WITH THE OLDER PEOPLE AND THOSE WITH
UNDERLYING MEDICAL PROBLEMS LIKE
COVID-19 VIRUS WILL EXPERIENCE
A CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE,
MILD TO MODERATE RESPIRATORY DIABETES, CHRONIC REPIRATORY
ILLNESS AND RECOVER WITHOUT DISEASE, AND CANCER ARE MORE
REQUIRING SPECIAL TREATMENT. LIKELY TO DEVELOP SERIOUS ILLNESS.

THE COVID-19 VIRUS SPREADS PRIMARILY THROUGH DROPLETS OF SALIVA


OR DISCHARGE FROM THE NOSE WHEN AN INFECTED PERSON COUGHS OR
SNEEZES, SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALSO PRACTICE RESPIRATORY
ETIQUETTE (FOR EXAMPLE, BY COUGHING INTO A FLEXED ELBOW).

SYM PT O M S
LESS SYMPTOMS:

MOST COMMON ACHES AND PAINS


SYMPTOMS:
CONJUNCTIVITIS
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SORE THROAT
DR

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F

VER Y
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TIR
CO EDN

SERIOUS
DIARRHOEA
SYMPTOMS:
DIFFICULTY BREATHING OR HEADACHE
SHORTNESS OF BREATH

LOSS OF TASTE OR SMELL


CHEST PAIN OR PRESSURE

A RASH ON SKIN OR DISCOLORATION


LOSS OF SPEECH OR OF FINGERS OR TOES
MOVEMENT

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