The expression patient zero comes from epidemiology. In medicine it describes the first person infected in an epidemic or a pandemic. The expression patient zero comes from epidemiology (the study of the spread of disease.) Epidemiologists are kind of medical detectives. It is important to now where diseases start in order to control them. The term was first used widely in the 1980s at the start. of the HIV/AIDS outbreak, replacing index patient (or index case), which was in use since the early 1900s. Patient zero is used in medical situations to describe the first person infected with a disease. Once a patient zero is identified, they can understand better how disease is spreading Read more
A pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease, usually a virus. A pandemic happens when a new virus spreads around the world, and most people do not have immunity, that is, their bodies cannot fight it. Viruses that have caused pandemics have normally come from animal influenza viruses. It’s just the Flu, isn’t it? Both seasonal and pandemic influenza can cause infections in all age groups, and most cases the person recovers fully without treatment. However, typical seasonal influenza causes most of its deaths among the elderly while other severe cases occur most commonly in people with a Read more
The word Hygiene comes from the Latin word hygieina which means healthy. Hygiene is all of the things we do to protect our health through cleanliness. The current outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that was first reported from Wuhan, China. It has become an emergency for the world and the World Health Organisation (WHO) is working closely with global experts, governments and partners to learn more about the virus, to track the spread of the virus, and to find the best ways to prevent the spread of this outbreak. For generations, washing hands with soap and water has been considered Read more
