THE MYSTERIOUS MURDERER

Coronavirus is the culprit! And covid-19 is the newest strain of Corona virus that has been identified in humans recently, in Wuhan, China. Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people. The name coronavirus originated from a Latin word 'Corona' meaning crown, since the image of the virus looks like a solar Corona under an electron microscope.

Image of the virus under an electron microscope

Coronaviruses cause illnesses ranging from the common cold the more severe diseases such as the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), both which are life takers.

Fever, cough, breathing difficulties and respiratory symptoms are the common signs of the infection. However in severe cases it causes pneumonia, multiple organ failure and even death.

Patient exhibiting the symptoms of the virus

Apart from being zoonotic, it has been confirmed that the virus is also transmitted from human to human since it's airborne. This is why there are standard recommendations to prevent its spread which are, regular washing of hands, covering the mouth and nose while coughing and sneezing and avoiding close contact with anyone showing symptoms of respiratory illnesses. Self quarantine is also advised for those with such symptoms.

Image showing human-human spread of the virus and the symptoms

However, one must be very careful because most infected patients can be asymptomatic, meaning they don't display any symptoms of the virus despite being infected.

China is the most affects country since the discovery of the virus, with vast majority death cases reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province. The virus has then spread to many countries in the Asian-Pacific region and well as Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa. This being a result of people traveling to this countries for China.

Photo courtesy of Aljazeera

And the economies of affected countries are the ones paying the bitter price for the spread of the virus.

Though yet to be proven, there is a MYTH surrounding the origin of the virus as stated in the novel, The Eyes of Darkness.

The book states that the virus was scientifically created by a Chinese scientist, as a biological weapon to conquer the world years ago. 

Amarture image

Sylvia Browne, in her book 'End ot the Days', also foretold that the virus would be unleashed in the Year 2020 with no remedy to it, and that is what is happening.

Amarture image

As per now, the virus has no cure nor vaccine hence lots of efforts is being used to curb the spread of the virus. For instance, China has sealed off Wuhan restricting movements to and from other cities. Also,any international airlines have cancelled their flights to and from China. Meanwhile, scientists around the Globe are racing to develop a vaccine and treatment for the virus.

Author

Kageha Deborah