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Covid - 19
Covid - 19
Covid - 19
COVID -19
Subject - Science
• COVID-19 is mainly
transmitted when people breathe in
air contaminated by
droplets/aerosols and small
airborne particles containing the
virus. Infected people exhale those
particles as they breathe, talk,
cough, sneeze, or sing.
VARIANTS OF CORONA VIRUS
• Alpha variant – This version was first found in UK on May 2020 it
spreads more quickly.
• Beta variant – This version was first found in South Africa on
August 2020 it Spreads more easily and some vaccines may be less
effective against it.
• Gamma variant – This version was first found in Brazil on
November 2020 it spreads more easily and some vaccines may be
less effective against it.
VARIANTS OF CORONA VIRUS
• Delta variant – This version was first found in India on October 2020 it
spreads more easily. Symptoms may present differently .May decrease
vaccine efficiency .Still protects against severe disease.
• Omicron variant – It was first found on November 2021 studies show that
it spreads more easily.
VACCINE
Vaccines available for people 18 or above are Covishield ,
Sputnik V etc.
Vaccine available for people 15 or above is Covaxin.
Vaccine available for age group 12 – 14 is Corbevax.
WAYS OF PREVENTION