{"id":1058,"date":"2022-10-25T15:08:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T14:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hwb.heales.com\/?page_id=1058"},"modified":"2022-10-27T07:43:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T06:43:26","slug":"what-is-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hwb.heales.com\/index.php\/covid-19\/what-is-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"What is COVID-19?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1058\" class=\"elementor elementor-1058\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-161017a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"161017a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8835f01\" 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elementor-element-ddc2151 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ddc2151\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df7ee30\" data-id=\"df7ee30\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1aff5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d1aff5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is COVID-19?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-687a86f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"687a86f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"\" class=\"row half-gap-bottom\"><p id=\"w1_1\">COVID-19 is a new illness that can affect your lungs and airways. It&#8217;s caused by a virus called coronavirus.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"\" class=\"row half-gap-bottom\"><p id=\"w1_2\">Generally, coronavirus can cause more severe symptoms in people with weakened immune systems, older people, and those with long term conditions like diabetes, cancer and chronic lung disease.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4fecab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b4fecab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How is it Spread?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-957d08c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"957d08c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"\" class=\"row half-gap-bottom\"><div id=\"\" class=\"row half-gap-bottom\"><p id=\"w3_1\">Because it&#8217;s a new illness, we do not know exactly how coronavirus spreads from person to person. Similar viruses are spread in cough droplets and sneeze droplets. These droplets fall on people in the vicinity and can be directly inhaled or picked up on the hands and transferred when someone touches their face. It&#8217;s very unlikely it can be spread through things like packages or food.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"\" class=\"row half-gap-bottom\"><p id=\"w3_2\">How long any respiratory virus survives will depend on a number of factors; for example:<\/p><\/div><div id=\"\" class=\"row half-gap-bottom\"><ul id=\"w3_2_l\"><li>what surface the virus is on<\/li><li>whether it is exposed to sunlight<\/li><li>differences in temperature and humidity<\/li><li>exposure to cleaning products<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0018abf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0018abf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are the Symptoms?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d20b59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d20b59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"\" class=\"row half-gap-bottom\"><p id=\"w1_1\">The symptoms of this new coronavirus (COVID-19) include cough, fever, shortness of breath, or flu-like symptoms. The current evidence is that most cases appear to be mild.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4df9d03f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4df9d03f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fecedda\" data-id=\"3fecedda\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43628c2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43628c2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Useful links<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e4551c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e4551c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-717461ac\" data-id=\"717461ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7829a2df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7829a2df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"><div id=\"\" class=\"row half-gap-bottom\"><a id=\"w_hl_1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/coronavirus-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS: Coronavirus Overview<\/a><\/div><div id=\"\" class=\"row half-gap-bottom\"><a id=\"w_hl_2\" href=\"https:\/\/publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk\/2020\/01\/23\/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Health England: Public Health Matters Blog &#8211; Coronavirus (COVID-19) &#8211; What you Need to Know<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"https:\/\/covidaidcharity.org\/\">Covid Aid &#8211; The UK&#8217;s NAtional COVID-19 Charity<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 Overview What is COVID-19? 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