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COVID-19 Outbreak: Symptoms and Guidance

The document provides information about COVID-19 including: 1) Common symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. The current case fatality rate is around 2% among confirmed cases. 2) The virus spreads primarily through respiratory droplets from coughs and sneezes but may also spread by touching contaminated surfaces. 3) There is no specific treatment but supportive care is provided; vaccines are in early trial phases. Community mitigation strategies include isolation, social distancing, and environmental cleaning.

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COVID-19 Outbreak: Symptoms and Guidance

The document provides information about COVID-19 including: 1) Common symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. The current case fatality rate is around 2% among confirmed cases. 2) The virus spreads primarily through respiratory droplets from coughs and sneezes but may also spread by touching contaminated surfaces. 3) There is no specific treatment but supportive care is provided; vaccines are in early trial phases. Community mitigation strategies include isolation, social distancing, and environmental cleaning.

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COVID-19

OUTBREA
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MUHAMMAD AZRAEI
What are the symptoms?

SHORTNE
OTHER
FEVER COUGH SS OF
FLU
Where your A dry and BREATH
Difficulty
chest or beck continuous Sore throat,
aches, runny breathing or
feels hot cough.
nose chest pain
Risk Factors and Severity

Current case fatality


People with COVID-19
rate ~2% among those
can have no symptoms
with laboratory-
or develop mild,
confirmed COVID-19
severe, or fatal illness

Kids may have less


severe disease (2% of
Risk factors for severe
confirmed cases in
illness may include:
China occurred among
those o Older age

0,2% o Underlying chronic


medical conditions
How does the virus spread?

It takes approximately 2 to
Possibly spread through 14 days (median ~5 days)
stool with the virus in it for an infected person to
show symptoms

Possibly spread by
Primarily spreads person-
touching an object or
to-person via respiratory
surface with the virus on
droplets from coughs or
it, then touching mouth,
sneezes (like the flu)
nose, or eyes
Treatment and Vaccine
Treatment Vaccines

• No specific treatment
currently available
• Supportive management
of complications,
including advanced • Phase 1 trials in people
organ support if may occur within 2
indicated months
• Anti-viral medications
under investigation
Community Mitigation Planning
Strategies
● Personal
I. Home isolation of ill people, hand hygiene,
II. resp. etiquette
III. Home quarantine of well, potentially exposed people
● Social distancing
I. School closures and dismissals
II. Social distancing in workplaces
III. Postponing or cancelling mass gatherings
● Environmental measures (e.g., routine cleaning of frequently touched surfaces)
GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLS
Reduce risk at school
● You do not need to take special precautions
● Encourage students and staff to:
I. Stay home when sick
II. Perform frequent hand washing with soap & water (If not
available, use alcohol-based hand sanitizer)
III. Avoid touching eyes/nose/mouth with unwashed hands
IV. Cover coughs/sneezes with a tissue, then throw tissue in trash
and clean hands with soap/water (or hand sanitizer)
V. Provide adequate supplies for good hygiene
VI. Follow your routine cleaning and disinfection program
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THANK
YOU

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