A New Jersey Army National Guard UH-72 Lakota helicopter from the 1-224th Security and Support Battalion returns to the National Guard Training Center at Sea Girt, , after an observation mission flying over COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Sites in Paramus and Holmdel, March 24, 2020. The testing sites, established in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, are staffed by the New Jersey Department of Health, the New Jersey State Police, and the New Jersey National Guard. ( Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).The disease was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province, and has since spread globally, resulting in the ongoing 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. Common symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Other symptoms may include muscle pain, sputum production, diarrhea, sore throat, loss of smell, and abdominal pain. While the majority of cases result in mild symptoms, some progress to pneumonia and multi-organ of 28 March 2020, the overall rate of deaths per number of diagnosed cases is percent; ranging from percent to 15 percent according to age group and other health comparison, the overall mortality rate of the 1918 Spanish Flu were approximately 3% to 5%. The virus is spread mainly through close contact and via respiratory droplets produced when people cough or sneeze.[15][16] Respiratory droplets may be produced during breathing but the virus is not generally airborne. People may also contract COVID-19 by touching a contaminated surface and then their face. It is most contagious when people are symptomatic, although spread may be possible before symptoms appear. The virus can survive on surfaces up to 72 hours. Time from exposure to onset of symptoms is generally between two and fourteen days, with an average of five days. The standard method of diagnosis is by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) from a nasopharyngeal infection can also be diagnosed from a combination of symptoms, risk factors and a chest CT scan showing features of pneumonia. Recommended measures to prevent infection include frequent hand washing, social distancing (maintaining physical distance from others, especially from those with symptoms) .
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