Coronavirus outbreak: Busting five common myths about global pandemic

After vel coronavirus was declared as a pandemic by World Health Organisation (WHO), netizens filled social media with suggestions to prevent threat of COVID-19. People have started pitching weird measures and home-me remedies to contain spre of dely virus.

While government and public health ncies are frequently issuing visories against misleing information regarding coronavirus, myths are still getting amplified on social media. Here are some of myths circulating on messengers and social media:

Myth: Antibiotics can prevent a person from getting infected

Reality: Antibiotics work against bacterial infections and t viral infections. vel coronavirus, as name suggests, is caused by a vel strain of a virus which means antibiotics can t prevent or treat COVID-19.

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Myth: Only older people are at risk of coronavirus infection

Reality: While older people with underlying medical conditions, like high blood pressure, heart disease, lung disease, cancer or diabetes, are more likely to develop serious illness, people across group can get infected by virus. 

Myth: Cow urine and cow dung can be used for treating COVID-19

Reality: medical research or public health ncy has confirmed veracity of such bizarre and outlandish claims. Please don’t pay heed to se myths.

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Myth: One can contract disease only by touching infected person

Reality: Preliminary studies have suggested that it behaves like or coronaviruses and may persist on surfaces for a few hours or up to several days. So people can catch disease by touching such surface and n touching ir eyes, se or mouth.

Myth: A person displaying COVID-19 symptom has t been infected

Reality: symptoms may appear in 2-14 days after exposure so it is t necessary that people displaying such symptom have t been infected by virus. That’s why it is necessary to practice social distancing even if people around you look visibly healthy.

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