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However, he was not just loved by fans but disappear eight months after it took the first
famous players as well! He also won an life from a human.
Oscar for his film “Dear Basketball” in 2018. The new coronavirus is also very contagious
After Bryant’s retirement in 2016, he like SARS and is thought to spread when a
focused more on his family. He and his person is within 6 feet of an infected person .
wife Vanessa had 4 children: Natalia Via respiratory droplets must be prod uced
Bryant, Gianna Bryant, Bianka Bryant and and spread if someone infected is infecting
Capri Bryant. Kobe also coached Gianna’s others near the contaminate. It is thou ght
basketball team and set up camps to that if you touch a surface that has the virus
spread the love of basketball. on it then touch your mouth, nose or pos sibly
Bryant accomplished many things in his your eyes you will be infected, but this is on ly
life, he filmed, played, and cared. He a claim. Another belief is that when the
inspired us to keep going on, like he did infected is the sickest it is most easy to infect
after he tore his Achilles’ tendon to shoot 2 others.
free baskets. Like Kobe, we should always If you have been infected you will receive
keep going, no matter whatever happens. the following symptoms: cough, fever, and
shortness of breath. The CDC or the Centre for
2019-NCOV Disease Control and Prevention (They didn’t
add the P) believe that the symptom s of the
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2019-nCov will occur as soon as 2 days or as
Since December 2019 people have been
late as 14 days after exposure of this virus.
worrying that they would acquire the
These symptoms can lead to severe illness or
infamous 2019-nCoV or the new coron avirus.
death.
Bats have been known for passing viruses to
You can prevent spreading and obtaining
humans, and it would soon spread
the virus by: avoiding close contact with
throughout the world.
people that are sick, avoiding touching you
In the past we have experienced different
mouth, nose, and eyes, staying hom e when
coronavirus called SARS, which stands for
you are sick, covering your nose when you
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. SARS
sneeze or mouth with a tissue when you
started in 2003 when it jumped from a bat to
cough then throwing your tissue away in the
a human. SARS’s effects are like the effects of
garbage, washing your hands frequently and
the 2019-nCoV, but SARS started to
wearing a facemask in the public.
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