Novel Coronavirus

Coronavirus Ecology and Evolution

Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a zoonotic disease. Zoonotic diseases are transmitted between creatures and humans. Diseases transmitted from animals to humans pose a significant threat to human health. COVID-19 is a reminder that human health and environmental health are closely related. There are about 8 million species of living things on earth, of which humans are just one. These include 1.7 million undetected viruses that are known to infect humans in mammals and waterfowl. If we do not take preventive measures now, any one of these will be transferred to humans. Greenhouse gas emissions — primarily caused by the burning of fossil fuels — cause changes in temperature and humidity that directly affect microbial survival.

Patients with suspicious common clinical signs of Kovid-19 such as fever, cough, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, malaise and myalgia should be tested immediately for SARS-CoV-2. In addition to symptomatic patients, patients with typical symptoms of Kovid-19 or anyone with high-risk exposure to SARS-CoV-2 should be tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection even if they have no symptoms.