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CORONA VIRUSES ARE VERY COMMON
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause respiratory illness ranging in severity from the common cold to fatal pneumonia.
There are many different coronaviruses. Most of them cause illness in animals. However, 7 types of coronaviruses are known to cause illness in humans.

Four of these 7 human coronavirus infections involve mild upper respiratory tract illness that causes symptoms of the common cold.

However, 3 of the 7 human coronavirus infections can be much more severe and have recently caused major outbreaks of deadly pneumonia:

SARS-CoV2 is a novel coronavirus that was first identified in Wuhan, China in late 2019 as the cause of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and spread worldwide.
MERS-CoV was identified in 2012 as the cause of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).
SARS-CoV was identified in 2002 as the cause of an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
These coronaviruses that cause severe respiratory infections are transmitted from animals to humans (zoonotic pathogens).

Let's look out for one another

Not all heroes wear caps. Nurses' and Italian doctors' faces on the front line to save humanity.♥️♥️. They can't go home to their loved ones because of you. Stay home for us health care workers.

There are simple things you can do to help keep yourself and others from contracting Covid-19.

*Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing; going to the bathroom; and before eating or preparing food.

*Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.

*Stay home when you are sick.

*Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.

You can help stop COVID-19 by the knowing FACTS.
Signs and symptoms:
Fever
Cough
Shortness of breath
Seek medical advice if you

Develop symptoms
AND

Have been in close contact with a person known to have COVID-19 or live in or have recently traveled from an area with ongoing spread of COVID-19. Call ahead before you go to a doctor’s office or emergency room. Tell them about your recent travel and your symptoms.

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Every three minutes, a girl between the ages of 15 and 19 is infected with the virus that causes AIDS.

Girls and young women made up two-thirds of 15- to 19-year-olds infected with HIV in 2017, new Unicef data has shown. Last year, 130,000 youngsters aged 19 and under died from AIDS, while 430,000 were newly infected.

While AIDS-related deaths have decreased since 2010 in all other age groups, among older adolescents aged 15 to 19 they have remained stubbornly constant. About 1.2 million 15- to 19-year-olds were living HIV in 2017, three in five of them girls.

“The epidemic’s spread among adolescent girls is being fuelled by early s*x, including with older males, forced s*x, powerlessness in negotiating about s*x, poverty, and lack of access to confidential counselling and testing services,” the Unicef report pointed out.

“Young people have forgotten that HIV is a risk factor... we can’t let up on that message, otherwise it just blows up again,” said International AIDS Society president Linda-Gail Bekker. - AFP

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