The deadly Corona virus that spread in China is considered a strain that doctors fear, as the virus belongs to the family of corona viruses, to which a type of strains that caused the spread of the SARS epidemic has killed 9% of people who have contracted it, and the Mers pandemic which has killed 35% of People who were infected with the disease, and the Corona virus appeared in China at the end of last December in the Chinese city of Wuhan, which is the focus of which the virus spread, and 2794 cases have been infected so far and 80 cases have died in China.
Causes of the emergence of Corrona virus
It is believed that the virus strains that caused the spread of the SARS epidemic, the Myers and Corona originated in animals and did not originate in humans, and Professor Andrew Etson, who works at the School of Life Sciences of the University of Warwick, said that it is not easy to transmit the dangerous virus from animals to humans because of a barrier between different factions Viruses cannot penetrate this barrier.
But in some rare matters a, a person’s immunity may become disturbed and infected with the virus. Hence, an abnormal genetic change and mutation of the virus occurs, as the virus begins to change its nature until it finds an opportunity for growth and spread under its new host, which is human, and the consequences of the viruses transmitted from the animal For dangerous and deadly humans.
The reason for the severity of the virus that is transmitted between two factions
Professor Easton added that the risk lies when a virus is transmitted from animal to another faction, the human being, due to the unpredictability of the nature of the disease, and at the beginning it does not cause dangerous symptoms, as the virus begins to mutate and no one foretells what symptoms it causes. For example, when a person is infected with a pandemic flu, the symptoms are Severe.
An example is what happened between 1918 and 1919 when the influenza spread epidemiologically, and the source of the virus transmission was birds. The influenza virus killed about 50 million people with the influenza pandemic during this period.
Corna virus is spreading quickly
Easton answers that viruses mutate quickly, and in order to be transmitted between humans, it needs another mutilation, which happened with the new Corona virus that spread in China and mutated and became transmitted between humans very quickly, and the Chinese authorities are seeking to contain an unsuccessful disease, and the severity of the infection in the weakest person is immune Where the chance of being infected is greater than the person with strong immunity.
Corona virus can be treated
In reality, the Corona virus cannot be treated with drugs or drugs, but the medications that are given to the patient are a way to resist the virus and not to treat it, but the best way is to prevent the disease and it is by following the following:
- Wash your hands frequently.
- And using tissue paper.
- Stay away from crowds.
- Not to approach a person with a cold.
- Lack of peace and hugs.
And the authorities in China and the health sectors are seeking to control the virus and benefit from previous experiences with the spread of SARS and MERS virus to reduce the risk of infection and spread.
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