Question

Why is the corona virus a health crisis ?

Answer 1

Corona has infected over 13 million worldwide and 3 million in the in it’s states alone. This is a healthy crisis because people are not taking certain precautions causing the virus to spread uncontrollably. Quarantine is not mandatory so lots of people have been going out (United Sates) and over 60,000 new cases have been reported. That why it’s a health crisis.

Answer 2

This is due to several reasons:

A newly emerging disease which is highly infectious with a mortality rate of 1-2%

This means there is a lack of treatment currently (apart from Remdesivir and d’examen has one) which prevents you from contracting the virus.

Furthermore, even if a vaccine is produced, it is not guaranteed that there will be substantial immunity against coronavirus. As in the SARS (similar coronavirus) outbreak, antibody levels diminished after 6 months.

Coronavirus has also impeded other forms of treatment as people stay away from hospitals due to fear of infection.
This includes:
Cancer screenings
Routine operations
Reduction in A&E attendance (for stroke and heart attacks)
Decrease in childhood vaccine immunisation coverage (especially in war-torn countries and developing countries) which can result in preventable deadly outbreaks.
HIV/Malaria/Dengue Fever programmes

It is also very hard to contain. Requiring large parts of countries to go into full lockdown which can have financial impact on the economy.

Lockdowns also have a toll on the already isolated elderly community and can impact people’s mental health