Corona Virus: The Situation in Singapore vs. China Report 2022

Running head: CORONA VIRUS: THE SITUATION IN SINGAPORE VS. CHINA
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Corona Virus: The Situation in Singapore vs. China
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Corona Virus: The Situation in Singapore vs. China
The global outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has brought the world to
standstill as scientists and researchers work to find its cure. The World Health Organization
(WHO) declared COVID-19 on 11th January 2020 declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. This
paper reports on the origin of COVID-19, fatality rate, transmission factors, symptoms, and
treatment. It ends with a comparison of the situation in Singapore to China and discusses
challenges and preventive measures that the two countries have undertaken in stopping the
spread.
The origin of (COVID-19)
Coronavirus belongs to the family of viruses that cause symptoms such as pneumonia,
breathing difficulties, fever, and respiratory infections (WHO, 2020). The origin of the virus is
China and is linked to the market of seafood in Wuhan city. According to WHO (2020), the virus
may have spread from seafood to humans. Bats are the best candidates responsible for the spread
of the virus to human beings (Hallewell, Abbott, & Russell 2020). Nevertheless, these are mere
theories that explain the origin of the virus.
Fatality Rate
The fatality rate of COVID-19 disease is relatively low compared to the rate of
infections. According to Adhikari and Meng (2020), fatality rate is computed by dividing the
number of deaths with that of infected, but it is not easy to establish the fatality rate at the global
level due to variations in number of infections and deaths that are reported in real-time.
Nevertheless, fatality rate has been found to be higher among people with chronic conditions and
the aging populations above sixty years compared to other populations (Qu, Li, Hu, & Jiang,
2020).