so many comments and even letters to do a video on this topic and that I am

Going to do I'm going to give you loads of information about coronavirus it's symptoms

how it spread how you can try and prevent it and also

The surgical masks do they really work and loads loads more. This is going to be quite a long video

So what I'm going to do is leave a breakdown in the description below with relevant

Timestamps so you can find the information that you require

So the coronaviruses are a large family of viruses which cause a range of illnesses that start from a common cold

Which we've all pretty much had all the way up to more serious ones which has SARS

Now this corona virus is what we call a novel coronavirus

So it's a new strain that we've never actually seen in humans before corona viruses a zoonotic

This means that they're transmitted between animals and humans

However, there are several corona viruses that only infect animals, but if they do cross over if they do infect humans

For example the novel coronavirus we're dealing with right now. This is what we call a spillover event

Now before we continue, please remember that this is a developing situation and every day. We're learning more about corona virus

So all the information I give to you in this video is relevant and of today on this day right now

But as we learn more as a scientific community to learn more all of this information

Can potentially change this video was filmed on the 1st of February

2020 all the information and data is from the WHO NHS and public health, England

However, this data can change with time as I've just explained

so what I will do is I'll leave some really useful links by the WHO and

NHS all about corona viruses and these websites are constantly updated. So i'd highly recommend everyone checks them out

So what are the symptoms of corona virus?

well It can include any of the following a fever a runny nose a dry cough a sore throat and then it can lead onto

Shortness of breath and in some severe cases patients will need hospital treatment. So how severe is it?

Well, it really depends at the moment

We know that one in five cases can become severe leading to things like pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome

Leaving some mechanical ventilation and in some circumstances it can even cause death now

We currently know that the novel coronavirus has a mortality rate of 2%

This means that 2% of people who have had the novel coronavirus

Have sadly died from it where it also means that 98% of people who have had the novel coronavirus

Have got better from it which is much less than that

Say for example SARS that has a mortality rate of 10% or even Ebola which has a mortality rate of 70%

Now is important to remember this is based on the current information that we have

There are currently people in hospital receiving treatment for the corona virus

So the number could change and it's not an absolute certainty now in terms of treatments

Unfortunately, there is no treatment currently for the corona virus. However, the symptoms can be treated. So each patient will be looked at individually

Depending on their symptoms, they will have different treatments for it also

Another piece of good news is they are currently working on a vaccine for the corona virus

Which is great news currently the risk of getting the illness in the UK is low and the NHS guidance

Is that any travelers returning from Wuhan China or from the Hubei province in the last 14 days should stay at home?

Stay indoors and avoid contact with other people

And please contact NHS 111 and make them aware of your recent travel for those individuals

If you do get any symptoms of corona virus that we spoke about earlier such as the fever sore throat short some breath

Please avoid other people stay indoors and contact NHS 111 or your doctor surgery for advice

Please don't walk in just call them this also applies to anyone returning from any part of China apart from Hong Kong and Macau

so if you get symptoms of coronavirus

Please stay indoors

Avoid other people and call NHS 1 1 1 or you got to surgery please once again do not walk into your doctor surgery

Please just call and get more information and advice. This is all to reduce the spread of the virus

And also remember even if your symptoms are mild, please stay indoors and avoid spreading the virus

So this means staying at home for at least 14 days after

arriving from Wuhan or the Hubei Province or

If you have symptoms and you've come from any part of China

You need to stay at home for at least 14 days. And this means you're not gonna have to work

Don't go to school don't go to public places

And obviously if you need food contact friends or family or delivery drivers to bring it to your house now

This is the current guidance from the NHS. However, it can change tomorrow. It can change this week. It can change next month

So the best thing to do is to check the dedicated coronavirus website out that the NHS have made it has all the up-to-date information

I'll leave a link in the description below. So please check it out

And also, please remember if you have been in contact with someone who has had a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus

Then please call and contact NHS one-on-one or your doctor. So how is coronavirus spread?

well we don't know exactly how it's spread from person to person but

Similar virus is spread through cough droplets through close contact

Now close contact is being closed within 2 metres of someone who is infected for at least 15 minutes

But like I said, there's still lots of information that we don't know

So for example, how long does it take for the virus to spread?

What is the true incubation period so this is the period that you've got the virus, but you don't have any symptoms yet

It's thought to be one to two weeks, but we're not sure of this yet

And also can the virus be spread when you're asymptomatic

Now the WHO recommends standard prevention technique to help reduce the spread

So tip number one is to wash your hands regularly throughout the day using soap or water

Wash it for at least 20 seconds. Now if you haven't seen the NHS video on how to do it properly

It's a really good video. I'll leave a link in the description below. Please check it out. It's really useful

Also, please remember if you don't have access to water or so

You can always use an alcohol hand rub tip number two

avoid touching your face as much as you can because our hands they carry so many germs and the way they get in is through

Your mucous membranes so through your eyes through your mouth through your nose

That's the way the infections get in so I know it's easy to do when you're thinking

And you go into Auto drive and you might touch your face

But please try and avoid touching your face as much as you can tip number three

Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or when you sneeze and throw it in the bin straight away the viruses

Can survive for about 15 minutes on the tissue which is why it's so important you throw it in the bin

Straight away on other surfaces like door handles for example

The viruses are unlikely to survive more than 24 hours

Tip number four try to avoid close contact with anyone who's showing signs of a respiratory illness

So if they're coughing if they're sneezing

Try to avoid contact with them and try and maintain a gap of at least two metres from them because this is a distance

That's been shown as sneeze or cough can travel tip number five

If your feeling unwell stay at home

Even if it's something mild like the common cold

Just stay at home and reduce the risk of spreading a virus that are the people and keep your community safe

Tip number six if you use a public workspace, let's say for example, here. We all use different rooms all the time

So give it a quick wipe down the area that you're going to be using to work

It can make a significant difference

Also moving on to tip number seven when you're eating meat when you're eating eggs

Make sure you're cooking them thoroughly

another question many people have asked me is about a surgical face masks and if they can help well

I do know that virologists are skeptical about their effectiveness against airborne viruses

But there is some evidence to show that they do help prevent hand-to-mouth transition, which we spoke about earlier with regards to mucous membranes

However, routine surgical masks, but airborne viruses are not really effective

The reason being that they are quite loose-fitting they have no air filter and also they leave your eyes exposed

So remember the mucous membranes we spoke about earlier. That's an exposed area. The infections can get into you

So the best advice I can give everyone is to maintain the hygiene tips that we spoke about earlier

I really hope you find this video about coronavirus useful

Please remember that there is a lot of information that's false on social media about corona virus so

Please always use a reputable source of information for health knowledge such as the NHS public health, England

WHO I will be links to all of these in the description below and once again

Please remember that. This is a developing situation every day. We're learning more about the corona virus

So all the information given in this video is relevant. Look today on this date now

Well, as we learn more as a scientific community learns more the information could potentially change this video was filmed on the 1st of February

2020 all the dates and information was from the WHO NHS and public health, England

However, this data can change with time as I've just explained

so what I will do is I'll leave some really useful links in the description below to the WHO and NHS pages all about

Coronaviruses they update these pages constantly. So the best way to stay up to date is to check out those web pages

Always remember that you're awesome and I'll see you next week. Hey guys. Thanks for watching. This week's video

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