COVID-19: What should we know
The first question that arises in our minds is actually which type of virus is coronavirus? According to WHO, the COVID-19 is a respiratory virus i.e, the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 belonging to the Coronaviridae family. This virus exists as an enveloped, positive-strand RNA virus. Coronaviridae and Orthocoronavirinae, are the common names of Coronavirus, also called Coronavirinae. Other types of viruses that belong to this family include: Alphacoronavirus Betacoronavirus Gammacoronavirus Deltacoronavirus Duvinacovirus Minunacovirus Pedacovirus Rhinacovirus Setracovirus Embecovirus Merbecovirus The fact that it is a virus, antibiotics cannot be used for its treatment. What makes it complicated to diagnose is that the patient may also develop a bacterial infection along with COVID-19, so the physician may propose antibiotics for it. The COVID-19 virus is principally transmitted by droplets of the affected person when he is speaking, sneezing, or coughing, or basically throu...