COVID -19: BREAKING THE CHAIN

Since first case from Wuhan City, China being reported, to the World Health Organization (WHO) on 31 December 2019,3,4COVID-19 has rapidly spread from China to every continent in the world except Antarctica. WHO declared the situation a global health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, then a global pandemic on 11 March 2020. In the space of three months the virus spread to more than 154 countries. The current pandemic is revealed itself as international public health emergency. Clinically, COVID-19 presents like many other respiratory illnesses, with classic symptoms including fever, sore throat, cough and difficulty breathing.6 We understand the incubation period of COVID-19 to be between one and 14 days, with a mean incubation period varying between five and seven days. We know there is no definitive treatment for the infection or disease, with no antibiotic or specific antiviral agent available. Moreover, there is no vaccine, and little prospect, if any, of one being available in the short to medium term.In terms of infection prevention and control strategies, WHO recommends employing basic hygiene principles that are known to reduce the risk of transmission of acute respiratory infections7 via standard and transmission-based precautions.