Ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: Current Status of Nepal

Authors

  • Ved Prakash Mishra Lecturer, Department of Public Health, Nobel College, Pokhara University, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Sunil Paudel Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Nobel College, Pokhara University, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Suraj Twanabasu Medical Laboratory Technologist, Department of Pathology, Vayodha Hospital, Balkhu, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Kajol Thapa Coordinator, Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Kathmandu School of Medical Technology, Ratopul, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Susan Kusma Medical Laboratory Technologist, Department of Pathology, Lalupate Medical Center Pvt Ltd, Gaushala, Kathmandu, Nepal

Keywords:

COVID-19 Pandemic, Coronavirus, Status, Nepal

Abstract

Emerging and remerging pathogens are worldwide difficulties for public health. Coronaviruses are enveloped positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses that are dispersed extensively among people, different warm-blooded creatures, and flying creatures that cause respiratory, enteric, hepatic, and neurologic diseases. Six coronavirus species are known to cause human illness like 229E, OC43, NL63, and HKU1, SARS-CoV, and MERS – CoV. SARS-CoV-2 is the seventh member of the coronaviruses that infect humans. Most of the symptoms of COVID-19 are similar to other respiratory illnesses like influenza SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV. Common symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 include fever, chills, muscle aches, diarrhea, and dry cough. On the other hand, severe forms of symptoms include pneumonia, heart failure, and liver failure. Given the high prevalence and wide distribution of coronaviruses, the huge hereditary decent variety and successive recombination of their genomes, and expanding human– creature interface exercises, novel coronaviruses are probably going to develop intermittently in people attributable to visits to cross-species contaminations and incidental overflow events. On January 30, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the ebb and flow flare-up that began in Wuhan, China as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, while prescribing against movement or exchange interruptions to and from China. The progressing pandemic of coronavirus ailment 2019 (COVID-19) is brought about by severe acute respiratory disorder coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). As of 02 May 2020, 3,267,184 instances of COVID-19 have been accounted for in more than 200 nations and regions, bringing about 229,971 deaths.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46405/ejms.v2i1.46

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Published

2020-05-04

How to Cite

Mishra, V. P., Paudel, S., Twanabasu, S., Thapa, K., & Kusma, S. (2020). Ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: Current Status of Nepal. Europasian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2(1), 81–84. Retrieved from https://nepjol.info/index.php/ejms/article/view/32779

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): EJMS | January - June Issue

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Letters to Editor

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