{"id":370,"date":"2020-03-13T18:27:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T12:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engmates.com\/blog\/?p=370"},"modified":"2020-03-14T12:42:43","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T07:12:43","slug":"coronavirus-and-prevention-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engmates.com\/blog\/news-updates\/coronavirus-and-prevention-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Coronavirus and How to Protect yourself?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-cover-image-2.jpg\" alt=\"coronavirus prevention tips\" width=\"789\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-cover-image-2.jpg 789w, https:\/\/www.engmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-cover-image-2-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.engmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-cover-image-2-768x266.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coronaviruses are a type of virus that causes a range of illnesses including common cold to more severe diseases such as MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) or SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). The recent Coronavirus outbreak is named COVID-19 by the <strong>WHO<\/strong>, referring to the type and the year of origin of the virus. Recently, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>World Health Organisation<\/strong> declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of now, there have been <strong>127,000<\/strong> confirmed cases and <strong>4,718<\/strong> deaths due to the outbreak. The virus emerged from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wuhan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wuhan, China<\/a><\/strong> and like most CoV viruses, <strong>COVID-19<\/strong> is zoonotic, which means it is transmitted between animals and people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common symptoms of the coronavirus include <strong>fever<\/strong>, <strong>cough<\/strong>, <strong>headache<\/strong>, and difficulty in <strong>breathing<\/strong>. In more severe cases, the virus can cause pneumonia, <strong>kidney<\/strong> <strong>failure<\/strong> or even <strong>death<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>In order to protect yourself from catching this virus, you will have to take the same measures that you would take to avoid flu.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wash your hands<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-371 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-prevention-tips-2.jpg\" alt=\"Coronavirus tips- wash your hands\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-prevention-tips-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.engmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-prevention-tips-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our hands come in contact with a lot of things througho<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ut our day. Most of these objects have been touched by other people and there are chances that their infection has been transferred to these objects through direct contact. The <strong>COVID-19<\/strong> has been reported to remain about <strong>48<\/strong> hours on an object. Therefore, it is necessary that you keep washing your hands every now and then to get rid of the contaminant that you might have acquired.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-379 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-prevention-tips-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-prevention-tips-4.png 300w, https:\/\/www.engmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-prevention-tips-4-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Cover your face while sneezing<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This one is a basic behavior etiquette. You should always cover your mouth while sneezing to avoid propagating the flu. Similarly, when you are around a lot of people, you should cover your face using a mask or a piece of cloth to protect yourself from the potential viruses in the air. Moreover, you should refrain from touching your face, eyes, and nose as they are the body parts most prone to receiving the virus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Avoid crowded places<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-395 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-prevention-tips-5.jpg\" alt=\"Coronavirus- avoid crowded places\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-prevention-tips-5.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.engmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-prevention-tips-5-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the virus can spread from one person to another merely by coming in contact with air that the infected person exhales, it is better to avoid places that are crowded. If you absolutely have to visit bustling places, make sure you are wearing a mask and avoiding touching or coming in physical contact with people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides taking these measures, be smart about avoiding the virus. Although you are not advised to panic as that would lead you nowhere but anxiety, you are also not supposed to take this lightly. Coronavirus is real and it has claimed several lives all over the world since its outbreak. Make smart choices about your living, traveling, and eating habits and make sure your loved ones understand the gravity of the situation. The best and the only way to fight Coronavirus is hygiene. As long as cleanliness is maintained, you can rest assured that you are safe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coronaviruses are a type of virus that causes a range of illnesses including common cold to more severe diseases such as MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) or SARS (Severe Acute&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,71,68,67,69],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Coronavirus and How to Protect yourself?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In order to protect yourself from catching from coronavirus, you will have to take the prevention tips to avoid covid-19.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/engmates.com\/blog\/news-updates\/coronavirus-and-prevention-tips\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is Coronavirus and How to Protect yourself?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In order to protect yourself from catching from coronavirus, you will have to take the prevention tips to avoid covid-19.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/engmates.com\/blog\/news-updates\/coronavirus-and-prevention-tips\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blogs | Engmates - 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