Abstract
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a respiratory infectious ailment caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first outbreak of this disease occurred in China and declared a pandemic in a very short period of time. SARS-CoV-2 gets transmitted mainly through the respiratory tract by droplets or respiratory secretions and by direct contact with the infected person as well as indirect contact through touching the contaminated surface accompanied by poor hygiene practice. Until the vaccine, a therapeutic agent or any other treatment modality gets approved; contact tracing and management, social distancing, personal hygiene, respiratory etiquette, and environmental decontamination are the prime factors to be considered for transmission containment and hence for appropriate safety measures for COVID-19 which is possible with the support of social work from the community level.
Highlights
The COVID-19 is an infectious respiratory disease caused by a new coronavirus strain named as SARS-CoV-2, which first emerged in Wuhan, China, and reported to the world health organization (WHO) on 31 December 2019 as pneumonia of unknown source, later termed as COVID-19.1,2 The symptoms occur within two weeks after exposure that may range from mild type of fever, cough, headache, fatigue to shortness of breath, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), pneumonia, and shock.[3]
As contaminated fomites play a substantial role in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, decontamination by repeated cleaning of the surface is a mandatory requirement to halt the transmission of virus to mitigate COVID-19 transmission
The continuous global spread even after the passing of four months suggests the highly contagious nature of COVID-19 due to therapeutic qualm regarding the unavailability of an approved agent for treatment
Summary
Khadka S, Saeed H, Bajgain Y, Shahi J, Yadav TP, Gupta RP. Different Modes of Transmission and Containment Strategies for Covid-19. Europasian J Med Sci. 2020;2(Covid-19 Special Issue): 73-76. The Europasian Journal of Medical Sciences (EJMS) remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published articles and institutional affiliations
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