| Sažetak | U prosincu 2019. u Wuhanu u provinciji Hubei u Kini razvila se epidemija teške infekcije akutnim respiratornim sindromom koronavirusom 2 (SARS-CoV-2) koja se proširila Kinom i šire. 12. veljače 2020. Svjetska zdravstvena organizacija službeno je bolest izazvanu novim koronavirusom nazvala COVID-19, proglasila je globalnu pandemiju COVID- 19 bolesti 11.3.2020. Do sad je potvrđeno preko trideset miliona zaraženih od kojih je devetsto šezdeset tisuća umrlih. Broj oboljelih u Hrvatskoj prešao je petnaest tisuća, dok je broj umrlih dvjesto pedest. COVID-19 različito djeluje na različite ljude. U većine zaraženih osoba razvije se blaga ili umjerena bolest i oporavljaju se bez bolničkog liječenja. Najčešći simptomi: povišena tjelesna temperatura, suhi kašalj, umor, bolovi, grlobolja, proljev, konjunktivitis, glavobolja, gubitak osjeta okusa ili mirisa te osip. Do pojave prvih simptoma u prosjeku dolazi od 5 do 6 dana nakon zaraze virusom, ali to razdoblje može trajati i do 14 dana. Virus uzročnik bolesti COVID-19 u najvećem se broju slučajeva prenosi putem kapljica koje nastaju kad zaražena osoba kašlje, kiše ili izdiše. Kapljice su preteške da bi letjele zrakom te brzo padaju na pod i druge površine. Zaraziti se možete dodirivanjem očiju, nosa ili usta nakon dodirivanja tako onečišćenih površina ili udisanjem virusa ako ste u neposrednoj blizini osobe koja ima COVID-19. |
| Sažetak (engleski) | In December 2019, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, an epidemic of severe infection with acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) developed and spread to China and beyond. On February 12, 2020, the World Health Organization officially caused the disease with a new coronavirus called COVID-19, announcing a global pandemic of COVID-19 disease on March 11, 2020. So far, over thirty million have been confirmed infected, of which nine hundred and sixty thousand have died. The number of patients in Croatia exceeded fifteen thousand, while the number of deaths was two hundred pedestrians. COVID-19 affects different people differently. Most infected people have developed a mild or moderate illness and are recovering without hospital treatment. The most common symptoms are fever, dry cough, tiredness, pain, sore throat, diarrhea, conjunctivitis, headache, loss of taste or smell, and rash. The onset of the first symptoms occurs on average 5 to 6 days after infection with the virus, but can last up to 14 days. The viral causative agent of COVID-19 is in most cases transmitted through a droplet that occurs when an infected person coughs, sneezes or exhales. These droplets are too heavy to fly through the air quickly falling to the floor and other surfaces. You can become infected by touching your eyes, nose or mouth after touching such contaminated surfaces, or by inhaling the virus if you are in the immediate vicinity of a person who has COVID-19. |
