European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

SYMPTOMS, PROPHYLAXIS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES DURING COVID-19 OUTBREAK

*Ingilala Satheesh Kumar

ABSTRACT

The outbreak of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was first reported in Wuhan, Hubei province, China and progressively spread globally. COVID-19 is a betacoronavirus named as SARS-COV-2 which has major impact on respiratory tract along with fever, dry cough, tiredness, sore throat, diarrhea, conjunctivitis, migraine etc. Owing to its transmissibility, World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a public health emergency of International concern by the end of January, 2020. Several research groups in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies are working ceaselessly to combat with this disease and their efforts are under clinical trials. Due to unavailability of appropriate medication or immunization for Covid 19 at this moment we need to follow precautionary measures for controlling the spread of this disease. As social distancing plays a key role to mitigate the spread of the disease, governments of various countries have promoted to maintain both social and physical distancing. With the support of the government, various cooperate companies have taken lead in spreading awareness about social distancing in the public by bifurcating their logo which symbolizes social distancing. The individuals travelling from abroad and any other states to their natives should feel responsible and self quarantine themselves for the safety of their family and neighbors. Thus, through awareness about transmission of virus, personal hygiene and fulfilling social responsibility one can contribute towards mitigation of the spread of the disease and stabilization of the mortality rate.

Keywords: Covid 19, distancing, prevention, social responsibility, symptoms.