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x picture courtesy  Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered    severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2  (SARS-CoV-2)  in the late 2019.  Sars-CoV-2 shares between 80% and 90% of its genetic material with the virus that caused Sars – hence its name.   The first outbreak happened in Wuhan City,China in form of increased Pneumonia cases. The alarm was first raised by the late n eurosurgeon DR. Liu Zhimin, he succumbed to the same pandemic on 18th  Feb 2020.  Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience  mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.  Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness.   it  was declared a  public health emergency of internatio...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most significant global public health problems in many developing countries due to overuse of antibiotics, widespread availability of counterfeit or substandard medicines and poor infection prevention and control measures. Anti microbial resistance (AMR) pathogens already claim 700,000 lives each year, worldwide and thousands of lives are being claimed in Kenya due lack of effective drugs. (Andrew Jacob et al 2019) .   Research shows that a continued rise in AMR could lead to 10 million deaths every year and a 3% reduction in gross domestic product by the year 2050 (Global health CDC-Kenya 2018). Researchers have discovered a high prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in the East Africa nation due to over-use of antimicrobial agents (Naval Research laboratory 2017). “Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) within a wide range of infectious agents is a growing public health threat of broad concern to countries and mu...

K ENYA has confirmed the first death from Corona virus disease. as at 26th march . Total confirmed cases were 31 with 1 recovery.   Patient's details include... 1. Gender- male, 2. Age-66 years, 3. Previous medical condition- Diabetes. 4.Nationality- Kenyan 5. Traveled from SouthAfrica on 13th March 2020 Research shows that people aged above 60 years are the most vulnerable with this COVID 19 disease. Conditions such as heart diseases, respiratory conditions, diabetes, hypertension and cancer makes you more vulnerable. Stay safe. The message is clear , let's protect our parents and grand parents by avoiding contact with them. those running from towns to up-country. you are not doing them any good. remember you (Young aged) you can have it without knowing but transmit it to the old whose chances of survival are much lower than you. This disease knows no border. Stay where you are, 1. Wash your hands continuously with soap and clean water, 2. Avoid crowded places...

Coronavirus disease (COVID 19) is an infectious disease caused by corona virus classified as pandemic due to its wide spread around the world. As at 21 st March a total of 266,073 confirmed positive cases were reported by world health organization (WHO) with Europe having the majority of the cases which was reported to     be 128, 541.   Italy’s increasing mortalities due COVID 19 disease is surprising the world. Fatalities are increasing day after day. On 19th March 475 deaths were reported, 625 on 20th and 793 on 21st. Italy has ~ 9% mortality rate compared to global estimate of 3.4% by WHO and incidence rate of ~12.4%. Total confirmed cases are 53,378 as at 21st March 2020 with 4825 confirmed fatalities. The death has surpassed those in China. They are currently estimated to be 3255 cases. According to research done by Aljazeera among other researchers, COVID 19 deaths were found to be highly depended on demographic factors and immune system of individuals. ...

Coronavirus disease (COVID 19) is an infectious disease caused by the recently discovered novel coronavirus. It has been classified as pandemic by world health organization due its global spread. COVID 19 is having a negative impact on economic and social system of different countries. The virus that causes COVID 19 was first discovered after the outbreak in Wuhan city (CHINA). Severity of COVID 19 majorly depends on immune system of individual with individual having compromised immune system experiencing severe symptoms. Majority of the population experiencing this being the old. Its documented by worldometer and CHINA-WHO joint report 2020 that having the following conditions lowers the survival chances of individual once infected by COVID 19.   In this order:   Cardiovascular diseases   Diabetes   Hypertension   Chronic respiratory diseases   Cancers According to the research done by Wang et al, the symptoms of this diseases majorly...