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ENVIRONMENTAL, BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID – 19

Abstract

COVID – 19 Pandemic is unprecedented in the contact (1 meter or 3 feet) with people who are world. No pandemic has caused the world to largely unwell. lose. Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will Coronavirus (COVID-19) is an infectious disease experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. The recover without requiring special treatment.  Older disease originated in Wuhan, Hubei province, people, and those with underlying medical China, in December 2019 and rapidly spread to problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, other parts of China and other countries around the chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more world, despite China’s massive efforts to contain likely to develop serious illness (World Health the      disease within   Hubei (World Health Organization, 2020). Organization, 2020).The COVID-19 virus spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes, so it’s important that you also practice respiratory etiquette (for example, by coughing into a flexed elbow). COVID - 19 affects different people in different ways. Most infected people will develop mild to moderate illness and recover without hospitalization (World Health Organization, 2020). The disease causes respiratory illness (like the flu) Most common symptoms include: fever; dry cough; with symptoms such as a cough, fever, and in more tiredness. Less common symptoms include: aches severe cases, difficulty breathing. You can protect and pains; sore throat; diarrhea; conjunctivitis; yourself by washing your hands frequently, headache; loss of taste or smell; a rash on skin, or avoiding touching your face, and avoiding close discoloration of fingers or toes. Serious symptoms include: difficulty breathing or shortness of breath; disease claimed more than 1 million lives.

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