COVID-19

An insight into the global pandemic

WHAT IS COVID-19
COVID-19 IS A CONTAGIOUS
RESPIRATORY DISEASE
CAUSED BY THE
CORONAVIRUS. IT CAN
AFFECT PEOPLE OF ALL
AGES, HOWEVER SENIOR
CITIZENS AND PEOPLE WITH
EXISTING MEDICAL
PROBLEMS ARE THE MOST
AFFECTED.
HISTORY OF COVID-19
THE COVID-19 VIRUS WAS FIRST
FOUND IN WUHAN,CHINA DATING
BACK TO NOVEMBER 2019. BY EARLY
JANUARY 2020, THE VIRUS SPREAD
THROUGH CHINA AND HIT SOME
COUNTRIES OF EUROPE. EVENTUALLY
THE VIRUS SPREAD GLOBALLY AND
WAS THEN DECLARED AS A GLOBAL
PANDEMIC BY THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANISATION (WHO).
 GLOBAL SITUATION
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ITALY, INDIA , BRAZIL ARE THE
TOP COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY THE VIRUS. ABOUT 55 MILLION
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS AND
APPROXIMATELY 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE DIED DUE TO DISEASE
TILL DATE.
THE WORLD CONTINUES TO BATTLE THE PANDEMIC TILL THIS DAY.
COVID-19 IN INDIA

THE FIRST CASE OF COVID-19 IN INDIA

WAS REPORTED ON JANUARY 30,2020.
EVEN THOUGH A NATIONWIDE
LOCKDOWN WAS IMPOSED BY THE
GOVERNMENT IN MARCH, INDIA
REMAINS ONE OF THE WORST
AFFECTED COUNTRIES BY THE
PANDEMIC.
 INDIA
MAHARASHTRA,GUJARAT,TAMIL NADU AND UTTAR PRADESH ARE
THE HOTSPOTS OF THIS VIRUS IN INDIA. INDIA IS THE WORST
AFFECTED COUNTRY IN ASIA AND THE SECOND WORST IN THE
WORLD AFTER THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
ALTHOUGH THE LOCKDOWN HAS BEEN LIFTED IN INDIA, THE THREAT
OF THE CORONAVIRUS HAS NOT BEEN ELIMINATED. EVERYONE IS
ADVISED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES OF MAINTAINING
SOCIAL DISTANCING,SANITISATION AND WEARING MASKS.
 SYMPTOMS OF COVID-
19
LESS COMMON
SERIOUS SYMPTOMS COMMON SYMPTOMS
SYMPTOMS
• LOSS OF MOVEMENT • FEVER • HEADACHE
• DIFFICULTY IN • DRY COUGH • SORE THROAT
BREATHING • TIREDNESS OR • LOSS OF TASTE OR
• CHEST PAIN OR FATIGUENESS SMELL
PRESSURE • CONJUCTIVITIS
• DIARRHOEA
• RASHES
• PAIN OR ACHE
 PREVENTION
WEAR MASKS AT ALL TIMES

• MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING

DOWNLOAD THE ‘AAROGYA SETU’ APPLICATION

• CONFRONT A DOCTOR IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THE SYMPYOMS

WASH YOUR HANDS THOROUGHLY FOR 20 SECONDS

• COVER YOUR FACE WITH A TISSUE WHEN SNEEZING OR COUGHING

 UPDATES ON VACCINES
MANY FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
HAVE INITIATED HUMAN TRIALS FOR THEIR POTENTIAL
CORONAVIRUS VACCINES. COMPANIES LIKE PFIZER, MODERNA AND
BIOTECH HAVE ACHIEVED 95% EFFICIENCY IN THEIR VACCINES
WITH NO SEVERE SIDE EFFECTS.
INDIA HAS PARTNERED UP WITH VARIOUS COUNTRIES TO ACQUIRE
DOSES OF VACCINES.
 LACK OF VACCINES
ALTHOUGH POTENTIAL VACCINES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, THEIR
AMOUNT IS FAR LESS THAN REQUIRED. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THE
VACCINES WILL FIRST BE GIVEN TO FRONTLINE WORKERS AND
OTHER WORKERS AS A PRIORITY.
THE COMMON CITIZENS WILL NOT BE GIVEN THE VACCINE BEFORE
2022. THUS THE CORONAVIRUS PROJECTS A HUGE THREAT WHICH
COMPELS US TO CONTINUE TAKING PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.
 AN APPRECIATION
The COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging, and it has put significant
pressure on our healthcare system. Nevertheless, our healthcare
workers continue to devote their time and energy to contain this
pandemic. We are humbled by their immense sacrifices, invaluable
dedication, commitment and unwavering efforts in managing COVID-19,
often risking their own lives, for the benefit of the nation. The doctors and
nurses have worked relentlessly for several months in treating the
patients. Some are very sleep deprived while some haven’t been to meet
their families in months just because of the surge in covid19 patients.
DOCTORS AND NURSES
DUE TO THE SURGE IN COVID19
CASES IN INDIA, THE DOCTORS AND
NURSES HAVE WORKED OVERTIME
TO BRING THE SITUATION IN
CONTROL. WE OFFER OUR
GRATITUDE TO ALL THE HEALTHCARE
WORKERS FOR GETTING US
THROUGH THESE TOUGH TIMES BY
SACRIFICING THEIR HEALTH AND
SAFETY.
POLICE FORCES
THE POLICE FORCES HAVE
TIRELESSLY WORKED TO ENSURE
PROPER GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN
FOLLOWED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC
DURING LOCKDOWN. THEY HAVE
RISKED THEIR HEALTH BY
MAINTAINING AND FORMULATING
VARIOU REGULATIONS TO KEEP US
SAFE FROM THE VIRUS. WE ARE
TRULY INDEBTED TO THEM.