Answer:
1. What is the risk of the new coronavirus causing a pandemic?
– Neither SARS nor MERS developed into pandemics, but we have seen the situation change rapidly with COVID-19 and the WHO has confirmed it as pandemic, 11. March. It has now status as a virus that spreads easily from person to person, across all regions around the world.
2. Should you avoid traveling to the countries where the infection has been detected?
– There are no specific medicines or vaccines against the new coronavirus. Therefore, one should consider postponing travel to infected regions. As the situation is changing rapidly, it is best to keep up to date with the World Health Organization (WHO) Travel Advice and the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (Foreign Affairs) Travel Advice.
3. What is the definition of a pandemic?
– A pandemic is a major worldwide epidemic, where an infectious disease spreads in several parts of the world.
4. What is coronavirus?
– Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses with 4 human viruses causing mild colds in all age groups. The virus looks like it has a crown, hence the name. The family also includes viruses from animals that can infect humans in a process called zoonosis. This form of infection has caused severe pneumonia and death, such as the new virus corona virus (COVID-19). Previously, we have seen similar disease with the Severe Acute Respiratory Virus (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Virus (SARS) viruses. COVID-19 began in the city of Wuhan in the Hubei region of China but there is currently local spread in other countries including South Korea, Iran & Italy. Isolated cases who have been infected abroad have been imported to other countries including Norway and other Nordic countries.
5. What are the symptoms?
– Common symptoms are respiratory symptoms with fever, fatigue, cough and very rapid or laboured breathing. Severe symptoms may include pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, renal failure and death.
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