Impact of COVID 19 on British Airways

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................3
What is the Concept of COVID 19?.......................................................................................3
What are the challenges that are faced by British Airways due to COVID 19?....................4
What are the strategies formulated by British Airways to Overcome the Challenges of COVID
19?..........................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
COVID 19 stands for Coronavirus disease 2019; it is a disease which is caused by severe
acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2. In Wuhan, China the first case was founded in
December 2019. From 2019 the disease is spread all over World even in 2021 the virus spread is
continuously ongoing. The Symptoms of COVID 19 includes fever, headache, loss of smell and
taste, cough, breathing difficulties and fatigue. Symptoms will be identified after the exposure to
virus in one to fourteen days (Abu-Rayash and Dincer, 2020). The disease takes one to fourteen
days to affect the body of human; people will not develop noticeable symptoms. Older people
have high risk to get infected with Coronavirus. The disease spread when one person is infected
and another person get in contact, it can be spread from infected person’s mouth and nose
because they sneeze, breathe, speak, cough and sink. The project covers concept of COVID 19
and an impact of disease on British Airways. In this project, the strategy which is taken by
British Airways to overcome the challenges of COVID 19 is also explained.
LITERATURE REVIEW
What is the Concept of COVID 19?
According to Bhuiyan and Bashar (2020), COVID 19 is a type of disease which create a
great impact on individual’s life and make their organs damage. The name COVID 19 stands for
Coronavirus disease and it was referred in 2019. The virus is linked with other viruses as it
contains same type of Cold and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. The symptom of
Coronavirus includes shortness of breath, fever and cough. If an individual is in severe condition,
the infection can cause breathing difficulties and pneumonia. The symptoms of COVID 19 are
common to Cold or flu so, it is important to conduct test for confirmation that a person have
Coronavirus or any other disease. The virus gets transfer when a person gets direct contact with
infected person’s respiratory droplets. When an individual, touch the surface containment with
virus and also touch infected person’s nose, mouth and eyes, the virus get transmitted. The major
risk of Coronavirus is for people who are old and person having a chronic medical condition
including heart and diabetes disease.
The spread of COVID 19 get prevented by staying at home when sick, washing hands with
soap and water, sanitize your hands while going outside, clean frequently when touched objects
or surfaces and cover mouth and nose with tissue when sneezing or coughing (Gudmundsson,