Warning: Coronavirus can be spread through Cigarette Smoke

The total infections of Nobel Coronavirus jumped from 5,090 to 63,851 cases on 14 February, the National Health Commission confirmed on Friday. Do you know how many of them were smokers or infected to nCoV by cigarette smoke?

Due to Coronavirus infection more than 1380 people have been died so far including 6 health workers who were trying to safe patient life’s since its outbreak earlier January 2020.

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Can Coronavirus spread through cigarette smoke?

A group of experienced physicians in WUHAN, China, who are treating patients with coronavirus have gone through extra mile to share their secret clinical experiences with world said that coronavirus can also be spread through nearby cigarette smoke of a infected person.

Cornonavirs is actually the poisonous virus originated from animal species and then spread to humans. The human coronavirus strains are spread from person to person through contaminated droplets from a person who is sick with the illness through coughing, sneezing, contaminated hands, and occurs between smokers who are close in contacts with one another.

Everyone knows that smoking has adverse health effects on the entire lung and people with smoking habits or living nearby smokers have more risk of catching this disease.

People with underlying illness that make them more vulnerable to respiratory disease, including those with diabetes, chronic lung disease, kidney failure, people with suppressed immune systems and the elderly may be at a higher risk of serious disease.

Coronavirus infection is diagnosed by finding evidence of the virus in respiratory samples such as swabs from the throat or fluid from the lungs.

Cases of Coronavirus by Country:

1.     China 78,961

2.     South Korea 2,337

3.     Italy 650

4.     Iran 270+ 

5.     Japan 210           

6.     Singapore 96

7.     Hong Kong 92

8.     United States 60

9.     Kuwait 43

10. Thailand 40

11. France 38

12. Bahrain 33

13. Taiwan 32

14. Spain 24

15. Germany 23

16. Australia 23

17. Malaysia 22

18. United Arab Emirates 19

19. Vietnam 16

20. Canada 11

21. Iraq 6

22. Oman 4

23. India 3

24. Philippines 3

25. Lebanon 2

26. Pakistan 2

27. Israel 2

28. Afghanistan 1

29. Egypt 1

30. Algeria 1

31. Sri Lanka 1

32. Nepal 1

33. Nigeria 1

34. Brazil 1

35. Netherlands 1

36. New Zealand 1

37. Belarus 1

38. Lithuania 1

Symptoms of Coronavirus:

Patients may have fever, cough, runny nose, shortness of breath, fatigue, a sore throat, exacerbated asthma and other symptoms. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia with severe acute respiratory disease. 

        

Precautions and Protections:

The best way to protect yourself is the same as you would against any respiratory infection. Practice good hygiene by:

·       Making sure to clean your hands thoroughly for at least 15 seconds with soap and water, or an alcohol-based hand rub.

·       Cover your nose and mouth when coughing and sneezing with tissue or a flexed elbow.

·       Avoid close contact with anyone with cold or flu-like symptoms.

·       Avoid smoking and smoky areas.

·       Do not smoke in a close room.

·       Do not smoke inside car.

·       Drink enough water.

·       Do not travel while sick.

·       In-case of cough or sneezing issue, seek medical care right away.

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