COVID-19

What is COVID-19?

CO - Stands for Corona

VI - Stands for Virus

D - Stands for Disease

19 - Represents 2019, the year it was identified

"Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness." - WHO

Accoding to the World Health Organization (WHO), coronavirus is a highly infectious disease and there's still no cure.

How can I protect myself?

The following video from the WHO shows ways of contagion and ways to avoid it. However, Social Distancing has proven to be the best way to stop the spread of the desease.

What are the symptoms?

COVID-19 is a virus affecting people of different ages, and in most cases in different ways. The virus attacks the respiratory system, but in most cases the symptoms are moderate. For people over 60 years old (in some cases over 40) the symptoms can become more promitent, specially in those with underlying medical conditions such as diabetes, cancer, or even heart.

Some of the most common symptoms include:

  • fever
  • dry cough
  • tiredness
  • breath shortness

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