New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: The deadly Coronavirus have claimed the lives of 25 people in China, including 24 in central China's Hubei province and one in north China's Hebei, the National Health Commission of China said on Friday, adding that a total of 1,072 suspected cases have been reported in 20 provincial-level regions.

According to a report by the World Economic Forum (WEF), the Chinese krait and the Chinese cobra can be the source of the Coronavirus that has triggered an outbreak in the country.

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The researchers are now using samples of the virus isolated from patients and are trying to determine genetic code of the virus. They also used an analysis of the protein codes and compared it to the protein codes from Coronavirus found in different animal hosts, like birds, snakes, marmots, hedgehogs, bats and humans. It found that the protein codes are most similar in snakes. And thus, the Coronavirus could have spread from bats to snakes and then to humans. However, how the virus adapts both the cold-blooded and warm-blooded hosts still remains a mystery.

What is Coronavirus?

Coronavirus are large group of virus that are common among animals. As per US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it can be easily transmitted from animals to humans. According to WEF, it is transmitted through air and primarily infects the upper respiratory and gastrointestinal tract of mammals and birds.

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Symptoms:

The symptoms include sore throat, running nose, headache, fever, which can last up to a couple of days. For those who have weak immune system, there's a chance that the virus can lead to lower, and serious respiratory tract illness like pneumonia and bronchitis.

Treatment:

As of now, there is no specific treatment. Most of the time, the symptoms will go away on their own. However, Coronavirus can be releived by a prescribed doctor's medication.


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