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COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that has killed over 247,000 people worldwide as of May 2020. It is mainly transmitted through respiratory droplets that are ejected when infected individuals sneeze or cough, which is why maintaining a distance of 2 meters from others and wearing face masks are important preventative measures. Transmission can also occur by touching contaminated surfaces and then touching the face, allowing viral particles to enter the body through the mucous membranes.

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COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that has killed over 247,000 people worldwide as of May 2020. It is mainly transmitted through respiratory droplets that are ejected when infected individuals sneeze or cough, which is why maintaining a distance of 2 meters from others and wearing face masks are important preventative measures. Transmission can also occur by touching contaminated surfaces and then touching the face, allowing viral particles to enter the body through the mucous membranes.

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EXPLANATION

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COVID 19
How Do People Get Infected by
COVID-19?

From the beginning of 2020, the world has been in an


emergency status following the outbreak of an
infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease, known as
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as of today
(May 2020) has killed 247 thousand people
worldwide. There are 3.5 million confirmed cases in
210 countries and territories around the world.
COVID-19 is a respiratory disease; therefore,
it is mainly transmitted through "respiratory
droplets", droplets of virus-laden mucus that
are ejected when symptomatic people
sneeze or cough.
To prevent these droplets
from falling on people is why it
is advised for us to maintain 2-
metre distance from each
other.
Wearing face masks is also
important to prevent ejection
the droplets and reduce the
chance of incidentally inhaling
them.
Transmission by contact is also a possible route
of the infection. Viral particles from the
respiratory droplets land on an object, someone
touches the object, then touches their mouth,
eyes, or nose. The virus then slips into their
body via their mucous membrane, infecting the
person.

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