Covid-19 Outbreak Discussion 2022

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Introduction
Coronaviruses are a group of similar category of viruses that cause diseases among the
mammals and birds. Certain respiratory tract infections might be found in humans that might
range between mild illnesses to lethal. Illnesses like common cold, flu can cause through
SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 (Sohrabi et al. 2020). Therefore, the discussion will hold a
purposive message towards developing an idea on the necessary steps and approaches that might
be considered for minimizing the impact of COVID-19.
Discussion
The virus was first discovered in the year 1930 through an acute respiratory infection of
the domesticated chicken which later was later found among humans in the year 1960 and was
named human coronavirus 229E and human coronavirus OC43 (Lee 2020). The evolution of the
viruses continued over the years. The current coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, is a cousin
of SARS and has been spreading widely over the different regions of the world. However, Leo
Poon, the scientist who first decoded the virus, stated that it would only attribute to 10% fatality
(Lai et al. 2020). The higher contamination of the virus is specifically based on the lower
awareness among the people and the increased resistance of the virus over any antibiotics. It has
been observed that the absence of awareness among the people towards following the safety
norms like covering the face while sneezing or coughing and remaining in quarantine has
influenced the growing contamination level. Again, there are different other beliefs on the
Chinese Coronavirus which relates to the fact that they are mutilated or human made. However,
most of what is being developed is based on assumptions without sufficient evidence. The
indestructibility or the high contamination of the virus is noticed even in SARS contributing to
significant effects on the health and wellbeing of the people who are affected. According to a

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report, the Novel Coronavirus is mild among 80% of the people, severe in 13% and critical or
lethal for 6% of the people with other diseases like diabetes or cardiac concerns (Thienemann et
al. 2020). The lack of awareness among the people has increased the positive cases and death
tolls among the communities. It has been observed that more than 141,000 people could not
survive the pandemic and around 2.1 million infections have been confirmed around the world
(Adhikari et al. 2020). The absence of adequate awareness among the people and cooperation
towards following the quarantine method has specifically contributed to the growing number of
contamination in the different nations. Most of the individuals perceived the virus as a common
flu and declined the need of following the necessary measures which added to the increased
cases of Covid-19.
Quarantine or isolation is essentially the best suited activity that might be considered by
the people with the purpose of limiting the contamination rates. However, the insufficient
awareness or absence of cooperation among the people in the different regions has significantly
influenced the increased rates of positive cases of coronavirus. Boldog (2020) stated that the
practices like washing hands or maintaining safety distance from the infected might contribute to
the minimization of positive cases. The collaboration among the people towards minimizing the
chances of contamination through the quarantine approach would significantly support in
reducing the contamination rates among the people and communities. The contamination through
the virus is being divided into three significant stages and different media channels have taken
the initiative of making the people aware of the different activities that the communities and
people are required to perform. Rothan and Byrareddy (2020) observed that the development of
sanitation based practices would act efficiently towards minimizing the rate of contamination
among the communities. However, Guo et al. (2020) observed that even maintenance of

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sanitation based practices is insufficient for minimizing the rates of contamination. The active
participation of the government and different jurisdictions towards making the people aware of
the different activities that might be considered for maintaining their safety is reflected as an
important activity. Again, the health care organizations and the practitioners held an important
position in resolving the concerns related to Covid 19.
Mostly, active cooperation of the people from the different communities towards
maintaining the quarantine activities and the frequent health checkups with the emergence of the
symptoms would support in reducing the rate of contamination. It has been observed that most of
the people in the communities have failed to identify the necessity of the quarantine approach
and maintain a safe distance from the inflicted. In this connection, the active participation of the
people from the communities would play an important role in minimizing the rate of
contamination. The outbreak of the viruses affected the livelihood and the wellbeing of the
humans, specifically due to their higher rate of contamination. The higher rates of contamination
that is posed by the viruses can be resolved through quarantine or isolation of the infected.
However, in most cases, the absence of careful planning and cooperation among the people has
resulted to the increased rate of contamination of the virus among humans. Immediate reporting
of the different symptoms to the health care organizations and practitioners and undergoing a test
for gaining confirmation is again an important aspect that might be considered by the people for
fighting towards the minimization of the outspread. Sanitization and social distancing are the
important activities that are considered as the best practices amidst the outbreak and wide
contamination. Therefore, the active collaboration and cooperation among the communities, the
healthcare practitioners and different jurisdictions are important factors that might significantly
contribute to the minimization of the contamination rates among the community members.

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Conclusion
Therefore, from the above assessment it might be stated that the active collaboration
among the communities is an important aspect along with the quarantine approach for
minimizing the rate of contamination due to the Covid 19 outbreak. The research developed a
view on the current mortality statistics with the purpose of identifying the impact and thereby
delineated the necessary steps that might be followed by the communities as guidelines to
prevent the outspread of the contamination among people.

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