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tsephanyah:
Covid19 is just a flu with low fatality rate of 2%

Ibime:
Thanks

SpecialAgent:
Perhaps the earth is tired of humans over exploting it, trying to bring us down a manageable range.

By d way, between humans & roaches, who stubborn pass when it comes to survival

Talknochip:
A very effective and proactive move! It is scary and saddening to know that while the likes of Japan and others are taking all those proactive measures, the authorities in Nigeria are still looking for money to buy glooves and reagent. Only the mercies of God can deliver us if this virus find its way here!

sexylassie:
imagine this 2% of 7000 and 10% 0f 400

which is higher?

Ngwamankillyou:
mumu man why closing schools when the virus is already killing millions in China and Japan

zakir007:
It has

HEALTH NEWS
What is the coronavirus? Here's what we know about it.
Here's what to know about the new coronavirus, which causes a disease called COVID-19.

What is a coronavirus?
Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that can cause a range of symptoms including a runny nose, cough, sore throat and fever. Some are mild, such as the common cold, while others are more likely to lead to pneumonia. They're usually spread through direct contact with an infected person.

The coronavirus gets its name from the crown-like spikes on its surface, according to the CDC. (Corona is Latin for crown.) Including the newly identified form of the virus, there are a total of seven coronaviruses that can infect humans, the CDC says. Other well-known coronaviruses include SARS and MERS.

The new virus caused a disease called COVID-19, which stands for coronavirus disease 2019, the year it was discovered. It's unclear how easily it spreads from person to person, but the CDC recommends that anyone who may have been exposed to the illness monitor themselves for 14 days after close contact with an infected person.


Symptoms to watch for include fever, cough, shortness of breath, trouble breathing, body aches, sore throat or vomiting and diarrhea.

How does the coronavirus spread?
Researchers are still learning precisely how the new virus spreads from person to person.

"While we do not know all of the mechanisms of spread of the epidemic so far, there is likely spread by droplets and contaminated surfaces, and possible airborne [spread], similar to SARS," Dr. Mark Denison, a virologist at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said.

Coronaviruses in general are spread through close contact — a range of about 3 to 6 feet. The virus is primarily spread through a sick person coughing or sneezing on someone, said Dr. Kathy Lofy, a health officer in Washington state.

HEALTH
Can the coronavirus be spread by people who don't have symptoms?
A person could also become infected through contact with the virus particles on a surface, though it's unknown how long the new coronavirus can survive on surfaces outside of the body. If an infected person sneezes or coughs onto a surface, such as a countertop or doorknob, and another person touches that surface and then rubs his or her eyes or nose, for example, the latter may get sick.


The SARS virus was also spread through feces. Denison suggested the same spreading mechanism may be found in the new virus, but it's too early to know for sure.

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With only three official cases, Africa's low coronavirus rate puzzles health experts

Issued on: 01/03/2020 - 14:45
Modified: 01/03/2020 - 14:44
France 24

Nigeria was the first sub-Saharan country to report an official case of coronavirus, when an Italian working in the country came back from Milan on February 24 carrying the virus.
Nigeria was the first sub-Saharan country to report an official case of coronavirus, when an Italian working in the country came back from Milan on February 24 carrying the virus. © Pius Utomi Ekpei,

Whether it's a matter of faulty detection, climatic factors or simple fluke, the remarkably low rate of coronavirus infection in African countries, with their fragile health systems, continues to puzzle – and worry – experts.


To date, only three cases of infection have been officially recorded in Africa, one in Egypt, one in Algeria and one in Nigeria, with no deaths.

This is a remarkably small number for a continent with nearly 1.3 billion inhabitants, and barely a drop in the ocean of more than 86,000 cases and nearly 3,000 deaths recorded in some 60 countries worldwide.

Shortly after the virus appeared, specialists warned of the risks of its spreading in Africa, because of the continent’s close commercial links with Beijing and the fragility of its medical services.

“Our biggest concern continues to be the potential for Covid-19 to spread in countries with weaker health systems,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, told African Union health ministers gathered in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on February 22.

In a study published in The Lancet medical journal on the preparedness and vulnerability of African countries against the importation of Covid-19, an international team of scientists identified Algeria, Egypt and South Africa as the most likely to import new coronavirus cases into Africa, though they also have the best prepared health systems in the continent and are the least vulnerable.

‘Nobody knows’

As to why the epidemic is not more widespread in the continent, “nobody knows”, said Professor Thumbi Ndung’u, from the African Institute for Health Research in Durban, South Africa. “Perhaps there is simply not that much travel between Africa and China.”

But Ethiopian Airlines, the largest African airline, never suspended its flights to China since the epidemic began, and China Southern on Wednesday resumed its flights to Kenya. And, of course, people carrying coronavirus could enter the country from any of the other 60-odd countries with known cases.

Favourable climate factors have also been raised as a possibility.

“Perhaps the virus doesn’t spread in the African ecosystem, we don’t know,” said Professor Yazdan Yazdanpanah, head of the infectious diseases department at Bichat hospital in Paris.

This hypothesis was rejected by Professor Rodney Adam, who heads the infection control task force at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. “There is no current evidence to indicate that climate affects transmission,” he said. “While it is true that for certain infections there may be genetic differences in susceptibility...there is no current evidence to that effect for Covid-19.”

(FRANCE 24 with AFP)

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tsephanyah:
Covid19 is just a flu with low fatality rate of 2%

Kennitrust:
My simple most powerful prayer is that....










May this virus never find it way into Nigeria.
For it is written... "Thousand shall fall on my left and ten thousand shall fall on my right but none will come near me.

May we only read about this terrible disease without experience in it... In Jesus name.... Amen!

trutht828:
Your prayer is dumb. The virus is already in Nigeria. Over 30 cases reported already

Kennitrust:
we'll all die here. Prepare to meet your Creator

tsephanyah:
Covid19 is just a flu with low fatality rate of 2%

trutht828:
Then it means you don't believe in your stupid prayer yourself

tsephanyah:
Covid19 is just a flu with low fatality rate of 2%

Kennitrust:
if that the way my Creator want me to end up.... Who am I to battle His will.


I have done a lot of research and it shows me that... This connyvirus will not slow down anytime soon and if care is not taken, everyone will have it and again... There is no cure insight for now since the sickness is a biochemical weapon and strange.


The world may not survive this easily. I give up hope of living when I dig deep to understand more about this virus. Dear we are together in this... Death is coming!

trutht828:
Kindly show how your senseless prayer agree with this your comment.

Kennitrust:
even if prayers are senseless, at least, I have prayed. If there is no God to answer my prayers, at least, I have prayed.


Who knows if what the bible say about the end of time is true. Let me fear what I don't know. You can keep your sense to yourself.

trutht828:
You said you will die and you still pray. You have already rendered your prayer useless by the comments that followed the prayer. By your own mouth you are condemned