Covid-19 ppt version 5

The most commonly reported symptoms include a fever, dry cough and tiredness, and in mild cases people may get just a runny nose or a sore throat.

In the most severe cases, people with the virus can develop difficulty breathing, and may ultimately experience organ failure. Some cases are fatal.

COVID-19 Timeline

COVID-19 Worldwide 29 June 2020

10,072,616

COVID-19 cases and tests reported in NSW, up to 20 June 2020

Total number of COVID-19 cases by age group and health status NSW 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-2019)

February 2020 NSW Health responded to an outbreak of a coronavirus (COVID-2019), first reported in China in December 2019.

The WHO has declared that the official new name for the virus that also formerly went by the names “2019 novel coronavirus” or “2019-nCoV” is now to be known as “SARS-coV-2” which causes COVID-19.

This name change is to differentiate it from other coronavirus outbreaks that include the common cold, but also the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) which have previously afflicted the world.

Australian National Response

The Australian Government’s health response to the COVID-19 outbreak aims to:

• minimise the number of people becoming infected or sick with COVID-19
• minimise how sick people become and the mortality rate
• manage the demand on our health systems
• help you to manage your own risk and the risk to your family and community

Australian Department of Health

Government and private agencies are working together to support the Australian Government response

• regularly reviewing response
• moving resources into activities that are working well
• scaling back activities that are not working

NSW Health Response

Infection with COVID-19 is a notifiable condition under the NSW Public Health Act, so all cases and suspected cases must be reported by doctors and pathology to NSW Health