The novel Coronavirus Sars-Cov-2 widely used in Germany, Europe and the world. Cancelled events, closed schools and day care centers, home office instead of the office – the Covid-19-epidemic impacts on the daily lives of its people.
The most important goal: the spread of pace not to slow, not to overload the healthcare system and to protect at-risk groups. Each Individual is required.
What are the symptoms of Covid-19?
The most frequently fell Ill with fever and cough, with an Overview by the Robert Koch-Institute (RKI) is shown with reference to Figures from China.
Shortness of breath, muscle and joint pain, sore throat and headache also occurred, but at significantly less Diseased.
Much less frequently were recorded under the Account for almost 56 000 cases of stuffy nose, or diarrhea as symptoms.
What do I do in case of a suspected infection?
First of all, is this: Who had contact with Infected persons, should, regardless of the Occurrence of symptoms in his health Department report The RKI provides an online postcode search to find the responsible health authority.
Return areas end travellers from the RKI reported risk, for example, Italy or Alsace-Lorraine in France, should avoid unnecessary contact and stay if possible at home – even if you develop no symptoms. This also applies to stays in particularly affected areas.
Symptoms yet, then you should go to the doctor. It is very important but, call ahead of time to tell of his suspicions.
Get report within two weeks after returning from a Region in the Covid-19-cases were fever, cough or shortness of breath, is also true: before the telephone, and then to the doctor.
Quite generally, the RKI stresses that anyone Who suspects to have been infected, should, if possible, come little in contact with other people, regularly wash hands and properly cough and sneeze.
How does proper cough and Sneeze?
Turn to the side and to keep at least a meters distance of the other, explains the Website “Infektionsschutz.de” the Federal centre for health education (BZgA). Ideally, snort or cough into a paper tissue that you throw away afterwards.
None is to Hand, holds to the elbow tightly against the nose and mouth. If coughing or Sneezing: whenever possible, one should then wash hands.
How can you prevent infection?
Not only for people, the feel – regardless of the cause – and-sickly, but also for healthy people, Regularly 20 to 30 seconds to wash your hands, always before meals, or after coming Home, and before and after contact with Patients, explain the experts “Infektionsschutz.de”.
Very concrete: The hands hold under running water, then thoroughly lathering on the inside back of the hand, fingertips and between the fingers areas. The soap, at all Points, gently RUB in and then rinse off. Liquid hygienic Soaps as pieces of soap, especially in public toilets, so the Portal.
To get to the Wash directly back to germs in your hands you have the tap if possible with a disposable towel or your elbow to turn off. For the Drying, the BZgA recommends towels, disposable hand. At home, everyone should use his own towel.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) emphasises, however, that The main route of transmission appears to be droplet infection. Therefore, you should keep to may be diseased persons one to two meters distance.
This recommendation was complied with but in a crowded subway is hardly possible, explains Oliver Witzke, Director of the clinic for infectious diseases, and food of the University medical center.
He advises to consider on which events you go to – if you take place because or which way it is done. For example, if you have to be to work present or from home can work, as it is in many companies already practised.
On the subject of breathing masks is: anyone Who has a respiratory disease, can reduce the risk of other people Contracting the disease, explains the BZgA. These masks protect healthy people but effective against infection, was not, however, sufficiently substantiated.
Who are the risk groups?
In most people the illness is mild. About 80 percent of those Infected recover, according to the world health organization, WHO, without any special treatment.
At about 15 out of 100 Infected it come to a severe disease process with respiratory problems. To some extent, they can be life-threatening.
In the case of certain groups, there are gradients according to RKI, there is an increased risk for severe Covid-19 -. This includes older people, where the risk increases from about 50 to 60 years, and Smoking count.
People with pre-existing medical conditions of the heart and lungs (for example Asthma), chronic liver diseases, included with Diabetes or with cancer also at risk.
Also anyone who has a weakened immune system or medications that weaken the immune system, for example cortisone, is one according to previous findings to the risk group.
Specific for the novel Coronavirus-acting drugs, there is not yet, as there is as yet no vaccine.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)
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