Self awareness is good for health in coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic
March, 15th 2020
Spain
is now the new Corona hot bed
Spain was set follow
Italy on Saturday in declaring a national white lockdown as European countries
took ever more sweeping measures to reduce contact among people and slow the
speed of coronavirus. China, where the virus first emerged late last year continued
to relax its drastic measures in it hardest hit region. According to a draft
government order, Spain's government planned to announce a two weeks state of
emergency and tight restriction on Moment by the country's 46 million people.
Airline flight bound for Spain turned around is word spread of the lockdown.
People will be allowed
to leave their homes only to buy food and medicine, commute to work ok, go to
hospitals and banks are take trips related to the care of the young and the
elderly. those rules will take effect at 8 a.m. local time on Monday.
effectively Italy Spain is also closing are schools, universities, restaurants,
bars and hotels nationwide along with non essential Store.
Health authorities in
Spain said the number of coronavirus infections climbed past 5700, half of them
in the capital Madrid. that represents a national increase of power 1500
in 24 hours. the country had 136 that's, up from 120.Spain has the highest
number of catches behind China, Italy, Iran and South Korea. by Saturday more
than 145000 infections and over 5400 that had been recorded worldwide.
Shoppers in some
supermarkets in Spain early in the morning despite calls from authorities.but
overall, the normally bustling
streets of the country's biggest city were noticeably quieter. The message Sank in that social
distancing is the only way to stop the pandemic. we had to close and remain
shut for 15 days, restaurant owner said in Barcelona. but this is nothing. it
is just so more people don't get infected if we can recover from this.
The number of new cases
has dwindled in China, but the virus has in recent weeks split exponentially in
the Middle East, Europe and North America, leading President Trump to declare a
state of emergency for the US on Friday. Europe has now become the epicenter of
the pandemic, with countries imposing a cascade of restrictions in an effort to
prevent the health system from collapsing under the caseload. Spain’s measures
to date, though had fallen short of those ordered by Italy, the worst hit
European countries, We had the number of cases climbed past 17600 with
1266 deaths.
On the other side of the
globe, New Zealand announced that incoming passengers, including New Zealand
citizens will be required to isolate themselves for 14 days, with few
exceptions. Philippines officials announced a night Curfew in the capital and
said millions of people in the populated region should have to leave their
homes only during the daytime for work or urgent errands.
India
number of coronavirus positive cases rise to 84
The number of
coronavirus positive cases in India has risen to 84, which includes the two
dates in Delhi and Karnataka, the Union Health ministry said. 7 people who
tested positive including five from Uttar Pradesh and one each from Rajasthan
and Delhi have been discharged after treatment, senior health ministry official
said. Delhi has reported 6 positive cases and Uttar Pradesh 11 so far.
The centre has decided
to treat the incidence of COVID-19 as a notified disaster for the purpose of
providing assistance for medical facilities under the state disaster response
fund.
How
does the virus spread ?
- People
are thought to be most contagious when they are most symptomatic or
sickest.
- Even
those without symptoms would spread virus.
- A
person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has virus on
it and then touching their own mouth, nose or eyes.
- Virus
is supposedly heavier than usual viruses and cant travel more than 3
feet so in distance.