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Coronavirus is now a very dangerous disease
people have the disease. Common
to many, and Canada is trying to help by
symptoms for the Coronavirus (COVID- 9)
keeping Canadians in quarantine and
can be a runny nose, headache, cou gh,
isolation.
sore throat, fever, and even a general
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feeling of being unwell. Even though the
symptoms come about 2 weeks after
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people have gotten the disease, it is easy to
tell if some may have it. Doctors Have you ever got caught in some kind of
recommend checking to see if some may virus before such as SARS or CoV? CoV is a
actually have been contaminated. virus started in Wuhan by people eating
Canadians will continue to think ahead unprotected wild animals in a seafood
about the steps they can take to remain market. CoV is a virus similar to SARS, but
safe and avoid COVID-19 from spreading there are still slight differences. Scientists are
across Canada. This involves staying at creating the vaccine against CoV now , but the
home as much as possible and getting process would take at least a year to finish.
ready in case you or a member of you r The people that got CoV should stay at hom e
family gets sick. All should be doi ng soc ial so they can’t infect even more peop le. CoV is a
distancing. Even if you don't have COVID- 9 dangerous virus because it could be spread
symptoms, others can become infected. easily, so people should be staying at hom e
Coronavirus (COVID-19) so far has ov er and listen to the government.
73,000 cases and about 2,000 deaths The virus could easily spread. The virus
worldwide. The Coronavirus is very easily could infect mostly through touching and
spread and similar to SARS (2003) and breathing. The symptoms might not show in
MERS (2015). The first known case was on the next 20 days after people got CoV .
December 31st, 2019 in Wuhan, China. Therefore, no symptoms does not mean they
This disease quickly spread from person are not infected by the virus. This is why this
to person and soon it had turned into a virus can spread so fast without peop le
serious problem. Masks were sold ou t and realizing that they have it. Some said CoV is
many were separated from loved on es in similar to SARS, they are both afraid of heat.
other countries. However, some doubt that all the virus is
going to get killed in summer. The vaccine is
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