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DEFINITIONS:

Viruses: Microorganism composed of genetic material protected by a protein
envelope, which causes various diseases by entering a cell as a parasite to reproduce

in it.

Pandemic: An epidemic disease that spreads to many countries or that attacks almost

all individuals in a locality or region.

Economy: System of production, distribution, trade and consumption of goods and
services of a society or a country.

Quarantine: Preventive isolation of people or animals in one place and for a period for
sanitary reasons.

Distance: Save distances. Do not allow someone familiarity in the deal.

Disease: Mild or severe alteration of the normal functioning of an organism or of any of

its parts due to an internal or external cause.

Cure: Treatment that is followed to cure or alleviate an illness, injury or physical

damage.

Contagion: Transmission of a disease by contact with the pathogen that causes it.

Prevention: Measure or provision taken in advance to prevent a thing considered
negative from happening.

Hospital: Establishment intended to provide all kinds of medical assistance, including
surgical operations and stay during recovery or treatment, and where medical research
and teaching are also practiced.

Nurse: A person whose job it is to assist or care for the sick, wounded or injured under
the prescriptions of a doctor, or to help the doctor or surgeon.

Order: Situation or state of normality or correct functioning of something, especially
harmony in human relationships within a community.

Health: A series of physical conditions in which a living being finds itself in a specific

circumstance or moment.