# Coronavirus (COVID-19) **URL:** \ **Category:** Health\ **Created:** [November 3, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19/28474 "2020-11-03T21:14:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
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**CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)** Coronavirus is one of the causes of respiratory tract infections. This disease is contagious and currently is an ongoing pandemic. Common symptoms of the disease include cough, fever, difficulty in breathing, and loss of smell and taste. The symptoms of a virus appear after fifteen days of exposure. The symptoms of Coronavirus (COVID-19) can be mild to moderate, but in some cases, this disease causes severe damage to the lung and heart. If the symptoms continue, it can lead to death. The COVID-19 spreads through droplets or aerosol of the infected person. When an infected person breathes in the air or sneezes, coughs, and speaks an infection spreads via air. The standard method to diagnose this disease is the rRT-PCR test from a nasopharyngeal swab. This COVID-19 can be controlled through preventive measures as no proven vaccine and treatment are available yet. The symptomatic relief, supportive care, and isolation is the only treatment available. The preventive measures include quarantining, social distancing, wearing masks, and regular hand washing. **The second wave of COVID-19** **Why the world is facing a second wave?** The new surges in the coronavirus cases are due to the fact that as the number of cases reduced after the first wave of coronavirus many countries lifted the lockdown. The people started socializing again, and no one took the safety precautions. All over the world, nations are facing the consequences of this negligence. The strict policies of lockdown and other measures were lifted only because of the economic pressure on the countries. There was a severe impact of lockdown on businesses, retails, restaurants, and all other professionals. The countries had to pay huge costs against this. Their economy suffered worst. Because of this reason, governments are interested in smart lockdowns and want to ease the strictness to boosts the economy. This new wave of coronavirus is emerging because the people did not take the disease seriously and did not follow the social distancing. **Will the second wave is more serious?** The upcoming winter season is also supporting this infection. The other infections that the winter season will bring can cause more complications. **Current Situation of COVID-19** The updated worldometer showed that till November 4th, 2020 47,853,633 cases were reported and deaths were 1,220,534 so far. **Most affected countries** The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 126 countries around the globe. This situation is getting worse day by day. The USA, Russia, India, Brazil, Spain, France, and the UK are the worst affected countries around the world. The USA is number one as coronavirus cases are concerned. There are up to 9,692,528 cases are reported, and 238,641 total deaths are reported so far. **Is there any solution to COVID-19?** We still don’t have any effective therapy or treatment available for this disease. Only symptomatic treatment can be provided. **What Is Herd Immunity?** Usually, there is a concept that when a large amount of the population gets infected with an infection they acquire herd immunity, but according to WHO herd immunity is protecting the population through vaccination. It is also called population immunity. Herd immunity should be achieved by protecting people through vaccines, not by exposing them to the virus. The vast majority of people should get the vaccine to acquire herd immunity. There is less information available about it, and it is unethical to expose the population to the virus to achieve herd immunity. **Are people getting reinfection with COVID-19?** Reinfection is people get infected, become sick, recovered, and after sometime infected again. There are rare cases of reinfection reported with COVID-19. **How to deal with the second wave?** To combat this disease, defeat it and return to normal life again is a dream. The only solution to this problem is 1 To follow the precautions guidelines provided by the health professionals. 2. The smart lockdown could be the solution. 3. Avoid public gatherings and maintain physical distancing. 4. Covering face with a mask. 5. Frequent hand washing. 6. Keep in touch with the latest health guidelines. --- _[View the full topic](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19/28474)._