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COVID to become a seasonal disease

Posted on: 21/Sep/2020 9:12:41 AM
It has been revealed by a new review that Covid -19 would become a seasonal disease in the countries that have got temperate climates and only when herd immunity is attained. This Covid-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus is a well known fact. This has been published in the Frontiers in Public Health. 

It is said that until that time, Covid-19 would circulate across seasons. Point is that public health measures play a huge role in the control of the spread of Coronavirus infection and the review has highlighted the importance of the measures.

According to Dr. Hassan Zaraket, senior author of the study, American university of Beirut in Lebanon, Covid-19 would continue to stay and it would cause outbreaks year around until herd immunity is attained. He explained about how the people must continue to live with this infection by taking proper measures like wearing face masks, avoiding gatherings, maintaining physical distance and washing hands regularly etc.

Before herd immunity is achieved, there could be multiple waves of Covid-19 infection. This was brought to light by Dr. Hadi Yassine belonging to Qatar University, Doha. Truth is the respiratory viruses follow seasonal patterns in the temperate regions. In the winter season in the temperate regions, influenza and other types of Coronaviruses that cause the common cold are known to peak.

It is now mentioned that the authors reviewed these seasonal viruses. They have examined the viral and the host factors that control their seasonality as well as on the latest knowledge on the stability and transmission of SARS-CoV-2.