{"id":1335,"date":"2020-03-04T00:50:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T19:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2020-03-04T00:50:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T19:20:07","slug":"2019-novel-corona-virus-2019-n-co-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/2019-novel-corona-virus-2019-n-co-v\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Novel CORONA VIRUS (2019 \u2013 n Co V)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 Novel Corona Virus (2019 \u2013 n Co V), is a new virus first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The virus, probably, originally emerged from an animal source but now seems to be spreading from person-to-person, when an infected person coughs or sneezes or on close contact with an infected person.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms for patients are acute onset<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fever<\/li>\n<li>Cough<\/li>\n<li>Shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you develop symptoms, visit the nearest health facility for advice and treatment.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As there is no vaccine or specific antiviral treatment, the best way to prevent infection is to avoid exposure to this virus.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid all non \u2013essential travel to China or affected countries. For further details check travel advisory issued by MoHFW, GoI available on website (ww.mohfw.gov.in).<\/li>\n<li>Observe good personal hygiene.<\/li>\n<li>Practice frequent hand washing with soap<\/li>\n<li>Cover your mouth when coughing or sneezing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any person(s) suggestive of 2019 nCoV should be reported to the health authorities.<\/p>\n<p>E.g. \u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; History of travel to or residence in China in the 14 days prior<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Contact with the above person<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Close contact with a confirmed case in the last 14 days<\/p>\n<p>SOME GUIDELINES FOR 2019 \u2013 nCoV:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Be informed about the illness.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid close contact with other suspect cases.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid frequent touching of face.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid hand shaking<\/li>\n<li>Wash hands frequently with soap<\/li>\n<li>Take plenty of fluids<\/li>\n<li>Follow cough etiquette to minimize spread<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Cover mouth with tissue \/ handkerchief when coughing or sneezing<\/li>\n<li>Turn away from others when coughing or sneezing<\/li>\n<li>Maintain at least 2 metres distance from others when coughing or sneezing<\/li>\n<li>Do not spit \/ blow your nose here and there<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For\u00a0 any further information please contact<\/p>\n<p>IDSP \u2013 Directorate of Health Services,<\/p>\n<p>Campal Panaji, Goa<\/p>\n<p>Tel: 0832 2225538<\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:gassu.idsp@nic.in\">gassu.idsp@nic.in<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Lorna Fernandez<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Ward 4<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 Novel Corona Virus (2019 \u2013 n Co V), is a new virus first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The virus, probably, originally emerged from an animal source but now seems to be spreading from person-to-person, when an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pormoll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1337,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335\/revisions\/1337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stsebastianaquem.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}