Corona Virus is a highly contagious disease that can be transferred by close physical contact. It is caused by the same coronaviruses that cause common colds and the common flu, but it affects the respiratory tract instead of the body’s respiratory system. The disease is spread in this way through secretions from the nose. Symptoms include:
Symptoms generally include a runny nose, a constant headache, cough with a yellow color to it, conjunctivitis or red eyes, hoarseness in the throat and chest, wheezing in the early stages, and sore throat. There is no cure for the Corona Virus, but it can be controlled in many ways. The major complication from this condition is that there is an increased risk of developing severe complications, such as pneumonia. Patients with weak immune systems are even at a greater risk of developing complications. The Corona Virus spreads very quickly through respiratory secretions and is able to travel through the air currents in most parts of the world.
The major source of infection from the Corona Virus is through close physical contact. Close physical contact means coming into contact with an individual who has the infection, whether they are infected or not. The same is true for foreign students immigrating to the USA from China, South Korea, or other Asian countries. Most commonly, Corona-related illnesses are contracted by people with respiratory issues or other pre-existing conditions who come into contact with the respiratory secretions of an infected person. It is not limited to any one geographic area or any one demographic group.
The Corona Virus causes a broad spectrum of symptoms and can spread at a rapid rate. Most cases are reported between May and December each year. The virus tends to peak between late summer and late fall, but has been known to erupt between May and August. During an outbreak, the majority of reported cases happen in children aged 10 and younger. Of those, most are from children living in poverty in rural areas or low-income cities in the Philippines and India.
Between July and October, there is an outbreak of nearly twenty cases. A majority of these were from un-vaccinated children from cities in the Philippines and India. The US State department has stated that all signs point to the Corona transmission happening primarily in poor communities where the poor do not have access to healthcare. However, these cases have since died off between October and November.
The main areas of Corona-related outbreaks currently occurring in the Philippines and India are Baguio City, Davao City, Manila, Pasig, Manila, and Tagaytay. This is the second major outbreak after the Sars-cov-2 virus disease that was responsible for a reported eighty percent of all Sars cases reported in the past two years in the Philippines. The Philippines and India have one of the highest reported case rates of any country in Southeast Asia. The epidemic has caught the attention of global health officials and health advocacy groups in the past two months due to the unprecedented rate at which it is spreading.