Abstract

COVID-19

*Vaishnavi S. Pakhare and Shweta R. Jogdand

ABSTRACT

A contagious respiratory disease that was first detected in China in December 2019 has spread worldwide. The 2019 novel (new) coronavirus has been named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease it causes is called coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expects widespread transmission of COVID-19 in our country. A coronavirus is the name for a large set of illnesses, including the common cold and other respiratory infections. The term “novel” coronavirus means It‟s a new form of the virus. This virus is really transmissible and can spread easily from person to person even before a person develops symptoms. It‟s carried on respiratory droplets when we talk, sneeze, and cough and these can land on surfaces or in someone‟s mouth or nose. With the announcement of the COVID-19 pandemic by the WHO, experts around the world recommend frequent hand washing, social distancing, and respiratory hygiene to reduce the virus‟ spread. Hand sanitizing is one of the most effective ways a person can protect themselves and their family from getting sick. Due to a potential shortage of hand sanitizers in stores, and due to their high cost and shortage most of people's were unable to have it to overcome this shortage Here in our article we are presenting the home made hand sanitizer which is easy to made, highly economical, and have no side effect. The extent of this outbreak is rapidly evolving and risk assessment changes daily, so we must need to know the detail study of this virus for better awareness, prevention, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment for COVID-19.

Keywords: Covid-19, cough, sneezing, fever, mask and gloves, sanitizer, shortness of breath, chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, lopinavir, ritonavir, remdesivir, Tocilizumab.