Language of the Coronavirus

Becoming infected

Infectious and contagious

People that pass it are called carriers

People that seem to be more infectious
are known as super-spreaders

Patient zero

The first person to get a new disease

Signs of illness = showing / displaying symptoms

Symptoms of the Coronavirus include the following

Fever

Cough

Respiratory difficulty

The incubation period = period between catching the illness and showing symptoms

A reference to people who have a disease

Diagnosed or confirmed cases

Tests done by doctors and are sure that people have it

If doctors find out someone has a disease,
the test is positive

A spike in cases = an unusually high number

If numbers have reached their highest level and are falling, with no expectation of rising again

A peak of cases

The proportion of the people
who die from a disease

Death toll = the number of people who have died

An outbreak = the start of a disease

The outbreak happened in Wuhan, China

An epidemic = a disease that is spread throughout a region or country

A pandemic = a disease that's spread
around the world

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) is classified as a pandemic

A decision on how to control and
contain the spread of the virus

Towns and cities have put people on lockdown

Nobody can enter or leave

Some countries have closed their borders = stopped letting people from other countries in

Some countries have also suspended flights
= prevented people from flying to certain places

People who may have contracted the disease
are put in quarantine = staying away from other people

People that are returning from an area
with the coronavirus are asked to self-quarantine

Voluntarily stay away from other people

Despite the debate on the effectivness of face masks (mouth and nose covers)

Some countries have seen large queues for them

Scientists are racing to develop a vaccine
= medicine to prevent people from contracting the virus