People may be sick with the virus for 1 to 14 days before developing symptoms. The most common symptoms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are fever, tiredness, and dry cough. Most people (about 80%) recover from the disease without needing special treatment.

More rarely, the disease can be serious and even fatal. Older people, and people with other medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, or heart disease), may be more vulnerable to becoming severely ill.

SYMPTOMS PEOPLE MAY EXPERIENCE
cough

1.fever

2.tiredness

3.difficulty breathing (severe cases)

WAYS TO PREVENT CORONAVIRUS

There’s currently no vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

You can protect yourself and help prevent spreading the virus to others if you:

Do

1.Wash your hands regularly for 20 seconds, with soap and water or alcohol-based hand rub

2.Cover your nose and mouth with a disposable tissue or flexed elbow when you cough or sneeze

3.Avoid close contact (1 meter or 3 feet) with people who are unwell

4.Stay home and self-isolate from others in the household if you feel unwell

5.Don't

Touch your eyes, nose, or mouth if your hands are not clean

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More on the potential 'game-changer' drug being tested in the US 

This just in from Ben Riley-Smith, US Editor:

Donald Trump has announced he is fast-tracking the use of drugs that could potentially help treat coronavirus, expressing hope that it could prove a “game-changer”. 

The US president said one drug called chloroquine, normally used to tackle malaria, and another called remdesivir will soon be available to some Americans.

Both drugs are already approved for other uses but are not known to work against Covid-19, a virus so new that treatments are yet to be discovered. 

“I think it's going to be very exciting,” Mr Trump said during a press briefing at the White House. “It could be a game-changer or maybe not.” 

Mr Trump said he had ordered the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] to “eliminate outdated rules and bureaucracy” so progress could “rapidly” be made. 

He said getting such drugs approved normally takes months but the process had been sped up, adding that states would distribute them and proscriptions would be needed. 

Dr Stephen Hahn, the FDA commissioner who stood next to Mr Trump during the briefing, offered a note of caution about the chance of a speedy breakthrough.

“What’s also important is not to provide false hope,” Dr Hahn said. “We may have the right drug, but it might not be in the appropriate dosage form right now, and it might do more harm than good.”

It is unclear when the drugs will be available or how widely they will be distributed. They are essentially at the testing stage. 

Mr Trump said some have been approved for “compassionate use”, typically used to give access to not-yet-approved drugs to patients who might otherwise die.

Netflix to reduce streaming quality as demand surges

Netflix has said it will temporarily reduce the quality of videos on its platform to ease pressure on internet service providers during the coronavirus outbreak.

The platform, which is home to shows including Stranger Things and The Crown, will drop the video bit rate for 30 days, following calls from the EU's European Commissioner for internal market Thierry Breton.

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I thought WHO has approved remdesivir already.

Nairalandmonika:
I thought WHO has approved remdesivir already.

Was dissaproved again

Xbuzz:

Was dissaproved again

Seriously, why

Nairalandmonika:

Seriously, why

Don't really know sha