COVID 19 PANDEMIC: SOCIAL ASPECTS AND SAFE BEHAVIOURS

Coronavirus, a recently discovered virus is responsible for the causation of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which is an infectious disease. The population at a higher risk of developing an advanced disease are elderly people, cardiac patients, diabetics, malignancy, and chronic respiratory illness. Prevention of the disease is best practiced by being informed about the disease, the symptoms, the virus, and its transmission. The mode of transmission of the COVID-19 virus is basically through saliva or nasal discharge of an infected patient when the patient coughs or sneezes.