Corona virus: Everything you need to know

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Corona virus is a viral diseases that is transmitted from animals to humans. These viruses are known to cause illness ranging from cold to a more severe disease. As at January 2020, there have been an outbreak of corona virus in China.

Where and when did the infection start?

A seafood market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan have been earmarked as the source of the corona virus outbreak. According to the city health commission, the virus broke out between December 12 and 29, 2019. A recent research has pointed to bats and snakes as the primary source of the virus.

How does Corona Virus spread?

Corona virus dwells mostly in the body of their host. The disease reservoir could be domestic or wild animals ranging from pigs, to birds, dogs, cats and camels.

The disease is spread once a human comes in close contact with the host animal.

The virus are housed in the respiratory tract and are spread through coughing and sneezing.

Corona virus also spreads once you come in contact with contaminated surfaces or objects.

On rare occasions fecal contamination

NB: The virus mutates in the body of the host and spills into a broader population.

Prevention of Corona Virus

It is recommended you wash your hands often with soap and water

Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth without washing your hands

Avoid close contact with sick people

Visit the hospital when you are sick

How far has the disease spread?

Cases of Corona virus outbreak have been reported in almost all part of the world including United States, France, Australia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Macau, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany and the Philippines.

Currently there are over 14 million cases of corona virus outbreak around the world.

Is there any vaccine for corona virus?

There is no vaccine for corona virus. However, research is ongoing to discover a vaccine for the deadly virus.

Professor Robin Shattock, from Imperial College London, said his team had “two vaccine candidates” developed from the genetic sequence of coronavirus provided by Chinese scientists, and some British experts are confident that a vaccine could be available within weeks.

China has started building a hospital for treating only patients infected with the virus. China hope to finish the hospital within 6 days.

Treatment of Corona Virus

China has reported the first successful treatment of Corona virus patient in Shanghai. The 56 years old patient had normal body temperature for 6days during her treatment. Her respiratory symptoms was reported to have improved significantly. She was later discharged after there were no traces of the sickness in her body.

Use of Hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of Corona Virus

Hydroxychloroquine also known as Hydroxychloroquine sulphate is an anti malaria drug. It is also used for the treatment of rheumatoid in pregnancy, arthritis, lupus, and porphyria cutanea tarda. Hydroxychloroquine is now being tested as an active medicine for the treatment of Covid-19. The chemical formula for Hydroxychloroquine is C18H26ClN3O.

Hydroxychloroquine side effects include include vomiting, headache, changes in vision and muscle weakness as well as allergic reactions, nausea and occasional stomach cramps with mild diarrhea. The most serious adverse effects affect the eye.

In 2014, there was controversy in its efficacy in treating Sjögren syndrome. Hydroxychloroquine is widely used in the treatment of post-Lyme arthritis. It may have both an anti-spirochaete activity and an anti-inflammatory activity, similar to the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

On 19th March 2020, United States President Donald Trump announces that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)can use hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19. However, the FDA said more research needs to be conducted before the drug is made available for patients.

Madagascar Cure

The President of Madagascar Rajoelina announced that the country has found an organic cure to the dreaded Covid-19.

According to Malagasy Institute of Applied Research, the cure which was gotten from Artemisia plant was tested on two of their patients and they recovered from the Corona Virus.

The country which recorded minimal infection rate said most of the patients who recovered from Covid-19 were treated with the Covid Organics (CVO).

Full list of countries with cases of Corona virus

So far there have been over 14.9million cases of Corona Virus across the world and 614,000 deaths recorded. However, over 9million has recovered from the virus.

While China recorded the first case of Corona virus in Asia and the world, United States has recorded the highest case in the world, Russia has recorded the highest case of Corona virus in Europe as well as the highest number of death. Whereas Africa has the least case of Corona Virus outbreak.

Here is a list of countries with cases of Corona virus and number of patients

COUNTRY	INFECTED	DEATHS	RECOVERED	ACTIVE	CRITICAL
United States	3,961,556	143,835	1,850,224	1,967,497	16,616
Brazil	2,121,645	80,251	1,514,300	527,094	8,318
India	1,156,189	28,099	724,702	403,388	8,944
Russia	783,328	12,580	562,384	208,364	2,300
South Africa	373,628	5,173	194,865	173,590	539
Peru	357,681	13,384	245,081	99,216	1,303
Mexico	349,396	39,485	263,091	46,820	3,909
Chile	333,029	8,633	303,992	20,404	1,764
Spain	311,916	28,422	150,376	133,118	617
United Kingdom	296,944	45,397	1,413	250,134	142
Iran	276,202	14,405	240,087	21,710	3,583
Pakistan	266,096	5,639	208,030	52,427	1,481
Saudi Arabia	253,349	2,523	203,259	47,567	2,196
Italy	244,624	35,058	197,162	12,404	47
Turkey	220,572	5,508	203,002	12,062	1,243
Bangladesh	207,453	2,668	113,556	91,229	1
Colombia	204,005	6,929	95,804	101,272	1,456
Germany	203,495	9,173	188,170	6,152	264
France	176,754	30,177	79,233	67,344	477
Argentina	130,774	2,373	55,913	72,488	752
Canada	112,938	8,901	98,975	5,062	2,183
Qatar	107,037	159	103,782	3,096	126
Iraq	94,693	3,869	62,836	27,988	431
Egypt	88,402	4,352	28,924	55,126	41
Indonesia	88,214	4,239	46,977	36,998	0
China	85,314	4,644	80,018	652	7
Sweden	78,048	5,639	0	72,409	48
Ecuador	74,620	5,318	31,955	37,347	342
Kazakhstan	73,468	585	45,376	27,507	221
Philippines	68,898	1,835	23,072	43,991	351
Oman	68,400	326	45,150	22,924	170
Belarus	66,213	503	58,290	7,420	89
Belgium	64,094	9,805	17,321	36,968	36
Ukraine	61,440	1,537	33,157	26,746	89
Bolivia	60,991	2,218	18,875	39,898	71
Kuwait	59,763	408	50,339	9,016	138
United Arab Emirates	57,193	340	49,621	7,232	1
Panama	54,426	1,127	29,164	24,135	175
Dominican Republic	53,956	993	25,561	27,402	244
Israel	52,687	422	22,382	29,883	260
Netherlands	52,142	6,155	194	45,793	17
Portugal	48,771	1,691	33,547	13,533	61
Singapore	48,434	27	44,371	4,036	0
Poland	40,383	1,627	30,539	8,217	72
Guatemala	39,039	1,502	25,539	11,998	5
Romania	38,139	2,038	22,747	13,354	293
Nigeria	37,225	801	15,333	21,091	7
Bahrain	36,936	128	32,965	3,843	46
Afghanistan	35,615	1,186	23,741	10,688	31
Armenia	35,254	662	24,206	10,386	10
Honduras	34,611	935	3,905	29,771	51
Switzerland	33,634	1,971	30,300	1,363	22
Ghana	28,430	153	24,901	3,376	8
Kyrgyzstan	28,251	1,079	14,776	12,396	24
Azerbaijan	27,890	363	19,490	8,037	66
Japan	25,988	988	19,757	5,243	47
Ireland	25,766	1,753	23,364	649	9
Algeria	23,691	1,087	16,400	6,204	64
Serbia	21,253	482	14,047	6,724	190
Moldova	21,115	697	14,599	5,819	362
Austria	19,743	711	17,659	1,373	16
Nepal	17,844	40	11,868	5,936	0
Uzbekistan	17,590	92	9,463	8,035	70
Morocco	17,562	276	15,132	2,154	31
Cameroon	16,157	373	13,728	2,056	52
Ivory Coast	14,312	92	8,659	5,561	0
Czechia	14,098	359	8,836	4,903	18
South Korea	13,816	296	12,643	877	21
Kenya	13,771	238	5,616	7,917	44
Denmark	13,466	611	12,452	403	3
Australia	12,428	126	8,543	3,759	38
Venezuela	12,334	116	6,844	5,374	19
El Salvador	12,207	352	6,872	4,983	419
Costa Rica	11,534	66	3,019	8,449	47
Sudan	10,992	693	5,707	4,592	0
Ethiopia	10,207	170	2,430	7,607	35
North Macedonia	9,249	432	4,871	3,946	55
Norway	9,034	255	8,138	641	1
Senegal	8,948	170	6,002	2,776	34
Bulgaria	8,929	308	4,205	4,416	34
Palestine	8,916	63	1,921	6,932	0
West Bank and Gaza	8,916	63	1,921	6,932	0
Malaysia	8,800	123	8,555	122	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8,479	255	3,755	4,469	0
Congo (Kinshasa)	8,443	194	4,335	3,914	0
Finland	7,340	328	6,880	132	1
Madagascar	7,153	62	3,788	3,303	72
Haiti	7,100	151	4,095	2,854	0
Tajikistan	6,921	57	5,629	1,235	0
French Guiana	6,745	38	4,714	1,993	22
Guinea	6,590	40	5,591	959	24
Gabon	6,433	46	4,034	2,353	11
Mauritania	5,923	155	3,632	2,136	8
Kosovo	5,877	139	3,069	2,669	0
Luxembourg	5,639	111	4,464	1,064	7
Djibouti	5,020	56	4,868	96	0
CAR	4,548	55	1,400	3,093	2
Central African Republic	4,548	55	1,400	3,093	0
Croatia	4,370	122	3,101	1,147	9
Hungary	4,347	596	3,257	494	4
Albania	4,171	113	2,352	1,706	17
Greece	4,012	195	1,374	2,443	12
Paraguay	3,748	33	2,171	1,544	10
Zambia	3,326	128	1,620	1,578	19
Thailand	3,255	58	3,105	92	1
Nicaragua	3,147	99	2,282	766	0
Somalia	3,130	93	1,462	1,575	2
Equatorial Guinea	3,071	51	842	2,178	0
Maldives	2,999	15	2,369	615	12
Malawi	2,992	62	1,153	1,777	4
Lebanon	2,905	41	1,562	1,302	14
Congo (Brazzaville)	2,851	50	666	2,135	0
Mayotte	2,808	38	2,591	179	3
Sri Lanka	2,730	11	2,041	678	1
Mali	2,475	121	1,851	503	0
Cuba	2,446	87	2,308	51	0
Montenegro	2,283	35	387	1,861	7
South Sudan	2,211	45	1,175	991	0
Cabo Verde	2,071	21	1,063	987	0
Estonia	2,022	69	1,912	41	1
Slovakia	2,021	28	1,538	455	2
Libya	1,980	49	441	1,490	0
Slovenia	1,977	114	1,603	260	3
Hong Kong	1,959	12	1,302	645	23
Guinea-Bissau	1,949	26	803	1,120	5
Lithuania	1,949	80	1,601	268	6
Iceland	1,930	10	1,907	13	0
Eswatini	1,826	23	850	953	5
Zimbabwe	1,713	26	472	1,215	0
Sierra Leone	1,711	66	1,261	384	0
Rwanda	1,629	5	838	786	0
Yemen	1,619	447	714	458	0
Benin	1,602	31	782	789	1
New Zealand	1,555	22	1,506	27	0
Mozambique	1,507	11	505	991	0
Tunisia	1,381	50	1,099	232	3
Namibia	1,344	4	42	1,298	13
Jordan	1,223	11	1,028	184	3
Latvia	1,193	31	1,045	117	0
Liberia	1,107	70	547	490	0
Niger	1,105	69	1,014	22	0
Suriname	1,079	21	656	402	5
Uganda	1,069	0	1,071	-2	0
Burkina Faso	1,065	53	901	111	0
Uruguay	1,064	33	927	104	3
Georgia	1,049	16	903	130	5
Cyprus	1,038	19	847	172	0
Chad	889	75	801	13	0
Andorra	884	52	803	29	0
Jamaica	809	10	706	93	0
Togo	783	15	554	214	2
Angola	749	29	221	499	6
Sao Tome and Principe	746	14	536	196	0
Cruise Ship	712	13	651	48	4
San Marino	699	42	656	1	0
Malta	677	9	664	4	0
Réunion	631	3	472	156	4
Channel Islands	583	47	529	7	0
Botswana	522	1	48	473	1
Syria	522	29	154	339	0
Tanzania	509	21	183	305	7
Taiwan	455	7	440	8	0
Vietnam	396	0	360	36	1
Lesotho	359	6	69	284	0
Mauritius	343	10	332	1	0
Burma	341	6	278	57	0
Myanmar	341	6	278	57	0
Guyana	337	19	163	155	5
Isle of Man	336	24	312	0	0
Comoros	334	7	313	14	0
Burundi	322	1	207	114	0
Mongolia	287	0	213	74	10
Martinique	262	15	98	149	5
Eritrea	251	0	155	96	0
Cayman Islands	203	1	200	2	0
Cambodia	197	0	140	57	1
Guadeloupe	195	14	172	9	4
Faroe Islands	191	0	188	3	0
Gibraltar	180	0	180	0	0
Bahamas	174	11	91	72	1
Bermuda	153	9	137	7	1
Brunei	141	3	138	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	137	8	124	5	0
Aruba	115	3	100	12	0
Gambia	112	4	57	51	0
Monaco	109	4	100	5	0
Seychelles	108	0	27	81	0
Barbados	106	7	91	8	0
Bhutan	90	0	83	7	0
Liechtenstein	86	1	81	4	0
Turks and Caicos	81	2	22	57	1
Sint Maarten	79	15	63	1	0
Antigua and Barbuda	76	3	57	16	1
St. Vincent Grenadines	50	0	29	21	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	50	0	29	21	0
Saint Martin	46	3	39	4	1
Macau	46	0	46	0	0
Belize	42	2	22	18	0
Curaçao	28	1	24	3	0
Fiji	27	0	18	9	0
Timor-Leste	24	0	24	0	0
Grenada	23	0	23	0	0
Saint Lucia	23	0	19	4	0
New Caledonia	22	0	21	1	0
Laos	19	0	19	0	0
Papua New Guinea	19	1	8	10	0
Dominica	18	0	18	0	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	17	0	15	2	0
Falkland Islands	13	0	13	0	0
Greenland	13	0	13	0	0
Vatican City	12	0	12	0	0
Holy See	12	0	12	0	0
Montserrat	12	1	10	1	0
Western Sahara	10	1	8	1	0
Caribbean Netherlands	10	0	7	3	0
MS Zaandam	9	2	0	7	0
British Virgin Islands	8	1	7	0	0
St. Barth	6	0	6	0	0
Saint Pierre Miquelon	4	0	1	3	0
Anguilla	3	0	3	0	0

Note: Contents101 list of countries with Corona virus is updated every 24 hours

Countries with no case of Corona virus

Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
North Korea
Palau
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Vanuatu

Corona Virus in Nigeria

States with cases of Corona Virus in Nigeria

States with cases of Corona Virus in Nigeria

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	13,538	11,398	1,964	176
FCT	3,129	2,188	902	39
Oyo	2,193	1,057	1,116	20
Edo	2,000	652	1,280	68
Rivers	1,535	483	1,003	49
Delta	1,428	759	630	39
Kano	1,416	238	1,125	53
Kaduna	1,191	307	872	12
Ogun	1,174	266	886	22
Ondo	925	760	143	22
Katsina	710	246	441	23
Plateau	700	370	312	18
Ebonyi	679	91	572	16
Enugu	677	300	360	17
Borno	602	54	513	35
Kwara	585	383	188	14
Gombe	558	25	510	23
Bauchi	531	12	506	13
Abia	526	132	391	3
Imo	452	360	83	9
Osun	351	242	99	10
Jigawa	322	3	308	11
Bayelsa	322	122	179	21
Benue	294	235	53	6
Nasarawa	281	160	113	8
Akwa Ibom	176	52	121	3
Niger	166	45	112	9
Sokoto	153	0	137	16
Anambra	132	53	67	12
Adamawa	115	21	85	9
Kebbi	89	8	74	7
Ekiti	86	37	47	2
Zamfara	77	1	71	5
Yobe	64	3	53	8
Taraba	30	19	11	0
Cross River	13	9	3	1
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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