Quarantine
Coronavirus
COVID-19
Epidemic
Immunity
Vaccine
Asymptomatic
Social distancing
Social Isolation
Flattening the curve
Separate a person or group of people who may have been exposed to a contagious disease to prevent its spread as much as possible. Quarantine includes staying at home and not receiving visitors. washing hands frequently and not touching your face
serves to build immunity to a given disease by activating the immune system. Through an injection, mouth, or nasal spray, the vaccine triggers a process in which it is unnecessary to contract the disease to develop immunity.
This is the name given to the disease that causes Coronavirus. (Just as the HIV virus causes AIDS disease, the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus causes COVID-19. ) The main symptoms include a dry cough, fever, and breathing difficulties.
A form of preventive measure to avoid the spread. It includes: not attending meetings, staying out of crowded places, keeping 6 feet away from other people.
A sudden increase in the number of cases of a disease, which goes beyond the prognosis for a given area. The region and period in which cases occur can be precisely specified.
Experts use the term "flattening the curve" to mean slowing down the process of spreading a virus so that the fewest people are infected and preventing them from seeking treatment at the same time.
Separate an individual or a group of people to prevent the spread of a transmissible disease.
A family of viruses named for the shape of spikes that simulate crowns when seen under a microscope. In this family of Coronaviruses, there are so far seven that are known to affect people.
An asymptomatic person may be infected with the new Coronavirus and have none of the symptoms of COVID-19.
It is the ability of the immune system to resist infection in the body.