Still wondering what corona virus is? How is it transmitted? How do you protect yourself?

Then keep reading...

The Wuhan Coronavirus we are facing today is known to scientists under different names: 2019-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19. The last one, COVID-19, is the one we'll be employing throughout this book.

COVID-19 is one of many coronaviruses: viruses of the family Coronaviridae. There are several of them, and although they all share the same basic molecular structure, not all of them can infect humans: different coronaviruses strains have been found in birds and in various mammals including bats, dogs, mice, cats, camels, and masked palm civets.

Among the coronaviruses that are pathogenic (can cause a disease) to humans, most only cause mild clinical symptoms, similar to a common cold.

Today's COVID-19 is another exception to the non-threatening nature of most members of the Coronaviridae family. It was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019, among people who had visited the Huanan seafood market and became ill with an unidentified form or viral lung infection. As of February 2020, it has amply surpassed SARS-CoV in number of cases and deaths.

All three of these Coronaviruses, COVID-19, SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV originated from virus strains that infect animals, and through the process of genetic mutation acquired the ability to infect human hosts. Disease transmission from animals is known as zoonotic transmission, and the animals in question are known as the viruses' reservoir hosts.

The MERS virus reservoir host, the animal it originally infected, is the dromedary camel, while the SARS reservoir hosts are thought to be bats. Through laboratory procedures known as genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis, scientists have been able to suggest that bats might also be the original host of the new COVID-19 virus, although it is unclear whether another animal which was sold at the incriminated seafood market in Wuhan might have acted as intermediate host, enabling the spread of the infection to humans.

What is most important for us is that the new COVID-19 virus can not only infect humans who come in contact with animal hosts, but also be transmitted from human to human.

This book consists of a complete guide on the following:

• What is a coronavirus?
• How it spread in the community
• Who is most risk?
• What are the symptoms?
• What is the virus spread?
• How to protect yourself from illness
• Fundamentals of preparation
• Coronavirus and business
• Pneumonia cases involving novel coronaviruses
• How serious is the epidemic?
• Possible treatments
• Protect yourself while travelling...AND MORE!!!