Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infectious disease severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) The virus can survive on surfaces up to 72 hours onset of symptoms is generally between two to fourteen days (with an average of five days) Common symptoms : fever cough and shortness of breath ( dyspnoea, breathlessness) Other symptoms : muscle pain sputum production diarrhea sore throat loss of smell and abdominal pain NOTE : progress to pneumonia and multi-organ failure SPREAD The virus is spread mainly through close contact and via respiratory droplets (when people cough or sneeze) but the virus is not generally airborne although spread may be possible before symptoms appear if such corona +ve person contact anyone by thanking ( shake hands) also can spread this disease Investigation lab tests Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) from a nasopharyngeal swab. C...