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Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases. A novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans.
In my book Corona Gyan it was mentioned that the virus can remain viable (it can infect) for up to 72 hours on plastic and stainless steel, up to four hours on copper, and up to 24 hours on cardboard if they do not find suitable conditions to multiply. It becomes ineffective very quickly when exposed to the UV light in sunlight. Like other enveloped viruses, SARS-CoV-2 survives longest when the temperature is at room temperature or lower, and when the relative humidity is low. The survival time depends on a number of factors, including the type of surface, temperature, relative humidity and specific strain of the virus.
There is sufficient evidence to show that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 may be more infectious but less potent. Omicron may just signal the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. "This could be the beginning of the end of the pandemic,"
There will be new COVID-19 variants as long as the coronavirus spreads through the population, mutations will continue to happen, and the delta variant family continues to evolve. “New variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are detected every week,” and the newest is the Omicron.
A top Italian doctor believes that coronavirus will slowly die its own death, even without a vaccine. Once an ‘aggressive tiger’, it has weakened and become more like a ‘wild cat’. Bassetti said he is convinced the virus is ‘changing in severity’ and patients are now surviving infections that would have killed them before. As in the case of Omicron. The chief of infectious diseases at San Martino General Hospital in Genoa, Italy, Professor Bassetti said the virus has changed since March and April. According to him, patients with COVID-19 seem to be faring much better than they were at the start of the epidemic.
Professor Bassetti suggests this could be because people are not getting infected due to social distancing, genetic mutation in the virus making it less lethal and because of improved health care and vaccination.
Other scientists, however, don’t buy his claim saying it has no scientific evidence. And others even claim that there may be Emergence of Immune Escape Variants. (The author has his own study and his own views)
