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Is it true that Covid-19 is "not as scary as that"? This Data and Facts about Corona Virus

The spread of the corona virus still causes unrest in almost all countries in the world. Although the activity slowly returned to running, a lot has changed in daily life. The government is still making efforts to deal with the virus that causes Covid-19. The public is asked to discipline the Covid-19 transmission prevention protocol. Reports of a new type of corona virus infection were reported in Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2019. This means that for about 205 days the virus has spread. 

Hundreds of days running, there has been no sign of a decrease in the daily infection rate, although the epicenter of the virus has shifted, from China to Europe and then Latin America. In fact, in the past week, World Health Organization (WHO) data showed a record of the highest additional new cases in 24 hours totaling 237,734 cases of infection on July 18, 2020. In addition, almost 1 million new cases were reported within 100 hours or 4 days in the 14th period -18 July 2020. On Wednesday (7/22/2020) night, according to Worldometers data, the global corona virus infection rate has reached 15 million cases with 622,365 deaths, and 9.1 million patients have been cured. Nevertheless, the debate about the danger or not Corona virus continues to roll until this moment.

The mystery of the new type of corona virus has not been completely solved. There is often a debate among scientists, for example about the method of transmission of the virus. Initially, the so-called corona virus can only be transmitted through droplets or droplets of patients that are released when coughing or sneezing. However, recent research shows that Covid-19 may be able to survive in the air and is contagious. There was a long debate between WHO and a number of world scientists until finally the potential for transmission through aerosols was recognized by WHO on July 9, 2020. The new findings reiterated that the potential for Covid-19 transmission was very large, especially in confined spaces and mass crowds. Scientists have also previously mentioned that the structure of the SARS-CoV-2 virus allows it to be more infectious than similar viruses, such as SARS and MERS.

WHO and epidemiologist warning

WHO has warned that the corona virus will not disappear despite the vaccine. WHO Emergency Director Dr. Mike Ryan said the Covid-19 vaccine functions to control, not eliminate the virus from the face of the earth. "It's important to know, this (new corona) virus can become an endemic virus in the community, and this virus may never disappear,"