#coronavirus: China Completes Medical Facility To Fight The Virus

China has done the remarkable by completing the first hospital for treating patients suffering from coronavirus virus which is located in the southwest of Wuhan in Huanggang.

The construction was finished just as China confirmed it had another 769 cases of the virus in just a 24-hour period. So far, thousands have been infected and more than 100 have died from the deadly disease.

The name “coronavirus” is derived from the Latin and Greek word corona meaning ‘crown’ or ‘halo’. It was discovered in the 1960s.

The earliest ones discovered were infectious bronchitis virus in chickens and two viruses from the nasal cavities of human patients with the common cold, pneumonia, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)  which is likely originated in the seafood market could only spread from animals to humans but they have since confirmed that humans can transmit the virus to one other.

The virus spread the same way other cold-causing viruses do which is passed by an infected person cough and sneezing, by touching an infected person’s hands or face, or by touching things such as doorknobs that infected people have touched.

The common symptoms of the virus are similar to any other upper respiratory infection, including runny nose, coughing, sore throat, and sometimes a fever. In most cases, you won’t know whether you have a coronavirus or a different cold-causing virus, such as rhinovirus.

However, to know if one is infected with the virus, you can get lab tests, including nose and throat cultures and blood work, to find out whether your cold was caused by the virus. In other not to be a victim of the virus one is advised to wash your hands thoroughly with soap and warm water or with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer and make sure you keep your hands and fingers away from your eyes, nose, and mouth and avoid close contact with people who are infected because there is no vaccine for the virus.

According to a report to treat a person with the virus get plenty of rest and drink fluids as well as take over-the-counter medicine for a sore throat and fever, and it not allowed to give aspirin to children or teens younger than 19 you could use ibuprofen or acetaminophen instead with humidifier or steamy shower can also help ease a sore and scratchy throat.