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COVID-19[edit]
COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a new coronavirus names SARS-CoV-2. The first patient with the disease was diagnosed in December 2019, in Wuhan, China[1], then the disease has caused a massive global outbreak of infection. The disease is still spreading. Globally, as of March 24, 2021, have reported more than 124 million confirmed cases and 2.736 million deaths [2].
Symptoms[edit]
Common symptoms of the COVID-19 include dry cough, fever, loss of taste and smell, fatigueCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page)..
Most people who have mild symptoms can self-recover [3], which include muscle pain and soreness, runny nose, sore throat or diarrhea.
Incubation period[edit]
The disease has an incubation period of 14 days. The median incubation period is 4-5 days, and 95% of patients experiencing symptoms within 11.5 days of infection.[4]
Reference List[edit]
- ^ "PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed pneumonia - China (HU): RFI". ProMED-mail. Finance Sina. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ Worldometter (2021). "Coronavirus Update (Live): 125,496,328 Cases and 2,758,160 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer". www.worldometers.info. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ WHO (2020). "Coronavirus disease - Answers". www.who.int. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ Lauer, Stephen A.; Grantz, Kyra H.; Bi, Qifang; Jones, Forrest K.; Zheng, Qulu; Meredith, Hannah R.; Azman, Andrew S.; Reich, Nicholas G.; Lessler, Justin (5 May 2020). "The Incubation Period of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) From Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases: Estimation and Application". Annals of Internal Medicine. pp. 577–582. doi:10.7326/M20-0504. Retrieved 25 March 2021.