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  • Thu. Nov 21st, 2024

Coronavirus or common flu: How do I find out?

Coronavirus or common flu: How do I find out?

NEW DELHI: As fears over novel coronavirus infection, or Covid-19 grow, there is the chance of one pressing the panic button at the slightest hint of feeling unwell. TOI presents a ready reckoner so that you don’t do so…

DEATHS

Covid-19 WHO estimates mortality rate at 3.4%

Flu Mortality rate less than 1%

DON’T VISIT ANY HOSPITAL DIRECTLY

1. It could be Covid-19, or just common flu…

SYMPTOMS

➤ Both cause fever, cough, fatigue; sometimes vomiting and diarrhoea

➤ Can be mild or severe, even fatal in rare cases

➤ Can result in pneumonia

TRANSMISSION

➤ Both spread through droplets released by an infected person while coughing, sneezing or talking

➤ Flu can be spread by an infected person for several days before their symptoms appear; Covid-19 is believed to be spread in the same manner, but we don’t yet know for sure

TREATMENT

➤ Neither virus is treatable with antibiotics, which only work on bacteri



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