You must have heard of the epidemic occurrence of Coronavirus at this time with a high probability of becoming a pandemic if not well-curtailed. This article speaks on quick facts that you need to know about the deadly virus to keep you and your loved ones safe this period. While you don’t have to be scared, not less than one hundred and thirty-two (132) people have been confirmed dead in China, the origin of its outbreak as at 28th January 2020. Approximately five thousand, nine hundred and seventy-four (5,974) are infected with the deadly virus as of date. The good news is that about one hundred and two (102) persons have been cured [ 1 ]. Some of these individuals are outside China as detection was not quick enough to contain them.  Two European occurrences have been confirmed in France [ 2 ]. Nevertheless, serious work is underway by various health organizations to put everything in order. COLD QUICK FACTS The Coronavirus can cause nose infection, in the up...

It’s no news to me, perhaps because I’m medically-inclined and seek to know more about interesting issues like this. Nevertheless, I was moved to compassion the first time I saw a child with this condition. Yeah! I felt for both the mother and the child. I was curious about their daily struggles, considering the kind of society that we have. I’m not proud of my actions, but I won’t say I was exactly open and welcoming, despite my compassion. I tried as much as possible not to let the child have any contact with me. If I, with all my knowledge and exposure, could behave like that, how much more people who know nothing about it? Some of us even have an offensive word to characterise them. We call them MONGOLOIDS! Growing up, I learned through my Social-studies classes that Mongoloids referred to Asians and people with such physical traits, the same way NEGROID was used for blacks. It wasn’t an offensive word then, but I think times have changed. Now, that same word is OFFENSIVE, ...