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Here, you can learn all about the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak (Codename: COVID-19) and the measures that you can take to protect yourself and your family from respiratory infection caused by COVID-19.

WHAT IS CORONA VIRUS?

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CORONA VIRUS - GENUS: CORONAVIRIDAE

Coronavirus is a family of viruses that are known to cause Upper Respiratory Tract Infections and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in mammals and even gastrointestinal diseases in some rare cases.

This family of viruses is divided into 4 subgenera.

α-Coronavirus
β-Coronavirus
γ-Coronavirus
δ-Coronavirus

The recent strain of COVID-19(name declared by WHO) or SARS-CoV-2(name declared by Corona Virus Study Group of the international committee on 11th February 2020) belongs to the β-Coronavirus sub-genera of Coronavirus family.

β-Coronavirus family contains the following strains of Coronavirus:

HCoV-HKU1
HCoV-OC43
SARS-CoV (SARS-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
MERS-CoV (MERS-Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

Why is COVID-19 so dangerous?

COVID-19 causes symptoms of fever, cough, fatigue, and in some rare cases gastrointestinal infection in certain individuals. As such symptoms are very common in many other disease but the symptoms caused by COVID-19 stand out because no anti-viral drug tested seem effective till now to treat these symptoms i.e. if you catch an infection caused by COVID-19, there is no way you will recover from it anytime soon.

It is a completely different story if your immune system is strong enough to deal with COVID-19 symptoms. WHO-World Health Organization is putting in a lot of effort to treat the symptoms of this virus and to cure its effects completely.

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A Cure to COVID-19

A Cure To COVID-19 If you want to get rid of any form of viral infection then you can either take the never-ending path of medicines or you can take care of your immune system such that it can fight the pathogens of the virus or bacteria that entered your body. COVID-19, a type of virus that causes a respiratory infection and fever within the human body. As of now, there is no medicine available for curing the harmful effects of COVID-19. Thanks to Dr.Biswaroop Roy, now we have a diet chart through the means of which an individual suffering from the symptoms of COVID-19 can recover within 4 days. Dr.Biswaroop Roy encourages all of us to improve the power of our immune system rather than depending on medicines. Link to Dr.Biswaroop Roy's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWUmJz42Df1N0iB8ycZJrA If any of the symptoms related to COVID-19 are visible within you or any person nearby you then strictly follow the diet chart by Dr.Biswaroop Roy giv...

Possible Cures and Treatment Options

Possible Treatments of COVID-19 As there are no effective anti-viral therapies available for COVID- 19. The treatments that are being preferred by the health experts are symptomatic suppression of the virus and providing respiratory care to the infected individuals. These methods were put forward by the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China. People with a weak immune system and other underlying diseases are vulnerable to the infection of COVID-19 as they might get Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Cytokine storm. In such cases, the use of ventilators becomes the only option with a bit of supply of Immunoglobulin-G and Convalescent Plasma. These methods are the only possible measures for dealing with severe infections due to COVID-19 in infected individuals at their last stage. Though, precaution is always better than cure. One can h ave an appropriate intake of fruits containing Vitamin-C. Simply taking 0.2-0.4 grams of Vitamin-C c...

Is RT-dPCR technology reliable for detecting COVID-19 infection?

ABOUT RT-PCR technology In this post, we will discuss whether RT-PCR technology is reliable for testing a suspect with COVID-19 or not through properly analyzing the available facts. What is RT-PCR technology? Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction is a lab technique used by Bio-chemists to generate billions of copies of a complementary DNA generated through reverse transcription of RNA of a virus. You might be wondering how does this method help in detecting a particular disease within an individual. Well, for that you need to understand what viruses are and what is their function. Function of a Virus A virus is a microscopic package of genetic information surrounded by a lipid bilayer. Genetic information is in the form of RNA along with reverse transcriptase(an enzyme which converts RNA into a complementary DNA or false DNA), Integrase(an enzyme which binds complementary DNA to the nucleus of the living cell) and protease(the enzyme which cuts up the protei...

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