The emergencies chief for the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that COVID-19 doesn’t seem to follow the seasonal patterns that some viruses exhibit and this makes it harder to control.
Respiratory viruses like influenza have been reported to spread mainly in the winter, but the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating in the summer. This is when earlier predictions from some of the world’s best scientists and politicians suggested that it would fade in the heat.
“This virus has demonstrated no seasonal pattern as such,” said Dr Michael Ryan. “What it has clearly demonstrated is that if you take the pressure off the virus, the virus bounces back,” he was quoted as saying by a news agency.
Ryan said the United Nations health agency continues to advise countries even where COVID-19 appears to be under control, such as those in Europe, to maintain measures to slow virus spread.
He called for countries where transmission remains intense, such as Brazil, to adopt measures so that communities have the necessary support they need to implement strategies like social distancing, wearing masks, and self-isolating if they have symptoms.
Meanwhile, experts believe that boosting our immunity using traditional nutritious food is the first course of action to be able to beat the virus if contracted.
“There are several foods that are rich in natural minerals and nutrients but we destroy their nutritional value in the course of our cooking and consumption practices. An example is wheat which in its original form is dalia, it has important minerals like phosphorus but in our strange wisdom we powder it into a refined maida which is nothing but starch and increases weight and risk of diabetes,” said Dr Shikha Sharma – founder and managing director of Dr Shikha’s NutriHealth.
