Dödligt virus från Kina orsakar panik (SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19)

Det som är lite tråkigt i sammanhanget är att alla är män och födda i Sverige.

How does COVID-19 spread from person to person?
Like any living organism, viruses like to multiply and spread to make sure they’ll survive. SARS-CoV-2 spreads from person to person through droplets that an infected person sneezes or coughs out.

These droplets carrying SARS-CoV-2 can enter your body through the mucous membranes (wet parts) of your face – your eyes, nose and mouth – which provide a direct pathway to your throat and lungs. The good news is that it can’t get in through other parts of your body like your skin or your hair, but you might be surprised just how easily it can get to the mucous membranes of your face.

First of all, the droplets from someone’s cough or sneeze might fall directly into your eyes, nose or mouth if you’re close enough to the infected person, letting the virus enter your system straight away.

Or, the droplets might fall onto a surface where you then put your hands. If you don’t wash your hands, you could move the virus into your eyes, nose or mouth and become infected. The infected person might also get the droplets on their hands if they cough or sneeze into them, and then place them on a surface, where you pick them up.

Direct membrane-to-membrane contact can also spread the virus. This could happen by kissing. The virus can also be spread by sharing items that go in your mouth, eyes or nose, like cutlery, cups, straws, water bottles or cosmetics.

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/news-events/news/novel-coronavirus-covid-19-how-it-spreads-transmission-infection-prevention-protection

New Zealands helseminister omtaler seg selv som en idiot etter å ha tatt med familien til stranden tross strenge reiserestriksjoner.

Helseminister David Clark tok med seg familien i bilen og kjørte cirka 2 mil for å gå en tur på stranden. Det var et brudd på landets strenge reiserestriksjoner i forbindelse med coronapandemien.

Han er nå fratatt visse ansvarsområder, og statsminister Jacinda Ardern sier at hun under normale omstendigheter ville gitt ham sparken.