Coronavirus

1. Symptoms including a runny nose, sore throat, cough, and fever

2. New kind of coronavirus has spread from a central Chinese city to all but two continents

3. According to the World Health Organisation, it seems infections are more likely to be severe in the elderly and people with pre-existing medical conditions.

4. On February 17, the director-general of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said 80 per cent of coronavirus patients had "mild disease" and would recover

5. Indian authorities have been working to detect and contain the novel coronavirus,

6. Coronaviruses are a family of viruses named for the crown-like effect created by the spike proteins they use to invade cells

7. Infection risk is higher in places where there's currently an outbreak

8. Only three Covid-19 cases have been reported so far in India

9. The fatality rate was higher for men (2.8%) than for women (1.7%).

10. Recommends good hand and respiratory hygiene, as well as social distancing, as precautionary measures