2. WHAT IS COVID-19?
• COVID 19 IS ONE FORM OF THE CORONAVIRUS (SARS-COV-2).
• SARS-COV-2 FULL FORM IS “SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY
SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2”.
• COVID-19 CAN AFFECT THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT (SINUSES,
NOSE, AND THROAT) AND THE LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT (WINDPIPE
AND LUNGS).
• EXPERTS SAY SARS-COV-2 ORIGINATED IN BATS.
4. HOW DOES IT SPREADS?
• COVID-19 IS MAINLY TRANSMITTED THROUGH
DROPLETS GENERATED WHEN AN INFECTED PERSON
COUGHS, SNEEZES, OR EXHALES.
• THESE DROPLETS ARE TOO HEAVY TO HANG IN THE
AIR, AND QUICKLY FALL ON FLOORS OR SURFACES.
• YOU CAN BE INFECTED BY BREATHING IN THE VIRUS IF
YOU ARE WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF SOMEONE WHO
HAS COVID-19, OR BY TOUCHING A CONTAMINATED
SURFACE AND THEN YOUR EYES, NOSE OR MOUTH.
5. HISTORY OF CORONAVIRUS
• THEY’RE A LARGE FAMILY OF VIRUSES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A
LONG TIME.
• MANY OF THEM CAN CAUSE A VARIETY OF ILLNESSES, FROM A MILD
COUGH TO SEVERE RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES.
• IT’S PROBABLY BEEN AROUND FOR SOME TIME IN ANIMALS. SOMETIMES,
A VIRUS IN ANIMALS CROSSES OVER INTO PEOPLE. THAT’S WHAT
SCIENTISTS THINK HAPPENED HERE.
6. HISTORY OF COVID-19
• THERE HAVE BEEN 2 PHASES OF COVID-19 INDIA.
• THE SECOND PHASE IS EVEN MORE STRONGER THAN
THE 1ST PHASE.
• SCIENTIST ARE ESTIMATING THE 3RD,4TH,5TH PHASE
OF COVID-19 TO COME IN FUTURE.
• THE 3RD PHASE OF COVID-19 WILL INFECT THE
CHILDREN BELOW 15.
• 4TH PHASE OF COVID-19 HAS STARTED TO SPREAD IN
A CITY OF JAPAN
7. SCIENTISTS HAVE DIVIDED CORONAVIRUSES INTO FOUR SUB-GROUPINGS,
CALLED ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA, AND DELTA. SEVEN OF THESE VIRUSES CAN
INFECT PEOPLE:
• 229E (ALPHA)
• NL63 (ALPHA)
• OC43 (BETA)
• HKU1 (BETA
• MERS-COV, A BETA VIRUS THAT CAUSES MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY
SYNDROME (MERS)
• SARS-COV, A BETA VIRUS THAT CAUSES SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY
SYNDROME (SARS)
• SARS-COV-2, WHICH CAUSES COVID-19
Human Coronavirus Types
8. WHAT IS A PANDEMIC?
• A PANDEMIC IS DEFINED AS “AN EPIDEMIC OCCURRING
WORLDWIDE”.
• PANDEMICS CAN BE SAID TO OCCUR ANNUALLY IN
EACH OF THE TEMPERATE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN
HEMISPHERES.
• PANDEMICS AFFECT THE PEOPLE INFECTED.
• SOME OF THE PANDEMICS ARE VERY DANGEROUS.
9. IS COVID-19 THE MOST
DANGEROUS PANDEMIC TILL
NOW?
• NO, COVID-19 IS NOT THE MOST DANGEROUS
PANDEMIC TILL NOW.
• COVID-19 IS THE 9TH MOST DANGEROUS PANDEMIC
TILL NOW.
• MANY MORE PANDEMICS HAVE OCCURRED BEFORE
COVID-19.
13. HOW TO AVOID IT?
• • WASH YOUR HANDS OFTEN WITH SOAP AND WATER FOR AT LEAST 20
SECONDS. USE AN ALCOHOL-BASED HAND SANITIZER THAT CONTAINS
AT LEAST 60% ALCOHOL IF SOAP AND WATER ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
• AVOID TOUCHING YOUR EYES, NOSE, AND MOUTH WITH UNWASHED
HANDS.
• AVOID CLOSE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK.
• COVER YOUR COUGH OR SNEEZE WITH A TISSUE, THEN THROW THE
TISSUE IN THE TRASH.
• CLEAN AND DISINFECT FREQUENTLY TOUCHED OBJECTS AND
SURFACES.
• MAINTAIN AT LEAST 1 METER (3 FEET) DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF
AND OTHER PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE COUGHING,
SNEEZING AND HAVE A FEVER.
• WEAR CLOTH FACE COVERINGS IN PUBLIC SETTINGS WHERE OTHER
SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES ARE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN.
• STAY HOME AND SELF-ISOLATE EVEN WITH MINOR SYMPTOMS SUCH AS
COUGH, HEADACHE, MILD FEVER, UNTIL YOU RECOVER.
17. • TO TREAT COVID 19:
• SELF ISOLATE YOURSELF
• DON’T SHARE PERSONAL ITEMS WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN
THE HOUSEHOLD.
• SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION
• PERFORM WARM WATER GARGLES AND TAKE STEAM
INHALATION TWICE A DAY.
• TAKE REST AND DRINK A LOT OF FLUIDS TO MAINTAIN
ADEQUATE HYDRATION.
• MONITOR TEMPERATURE WITH THERMOMETER AND
OXYGEN SATURATION WITH A PULSE OXIMETER DAILY.
18. COVID-19 VACCINES
• 3 COVID-19 VACCINES ARE
AVAILABLE IN INDIA, WHICH
ARE-:
• COVAXIN
• COVISHEILD
• SPUTNIK V
26. MORTALITY RATE
MORTALITY RATE OF WORLD IS 2.07%
MORTALITY RATE OF INDIA IS 1.16%
MORTALITY RATE OF MAHARASHTRA IS 1.62%
27. HOW COULD WE
OVERCOME THIS PHASE
OF COVID-19?
• FIRST AND FOREMOST WE NEED TO HAVE A HEALTHY
LIFESTYLE TO OVERCOME ANY DISEASE.
• WE CAN OVERCOME THIS PHASE OF COVID-19 BY
GETTING VACCINATED IF POSSIBLE.
29. PREDICTION
• THERE WILL BE THE 3RD PHASE OF COVID-19.
• COVID-19 MIGHT NOT CAUSE DEATH AFTER 6
MONTHS IN INDIA DUE TO 2DG MEDICINE.
• DEATH MIGHT START DECREASING IN INDIA.
• THE TESTING IN INDIA MIGHT INCREASE
• THE ACTIVE CASES MIGHT DECREASE