Physical Distancing, Hand Hygiene and Masks
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The novel disease - Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) of the respiratory system, responsible for the ongoing pandemic is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which originated from Wuhan city, Hubei province of People’s Republic of China during late December 2019. The mode of transmission of this acute respiratory tract infection is primarily through droplets, respiratory secretions and direct contact. Recent evidences suggest that the virus can be airborne too.1,2,3 The number of COVID-19 cases are increasing day by day, and have affected more than 200 countries of the world with the mortality rate of 4.43%; however, the mortality rate is varied country to country, as reported by WHO. The disease has made much damage in the Americas and European countries.4,5 After the first COVID-19 case reported in Trissur, Kerala, on January 30, 2020, at the time of writing this article, around 7 lakh cases and 21000 deaths occurred in India with a mortality rate of 2.78%.6
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