The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic when it became clear that the disease was serious and was spreading rapidly in a wide area.
Epidemics cause economic and social problems because many people are sick or unable to work.
COVID-19 affects different people in different ways. Most infected people will develop moderate to severe illness and recover without being hospitalized.
Most common symptoms:
- fever
- dry cough
- tiredness
Less common symptoms:
- aches and pains
- sore throat
- diarrhoea
- conjunctivitis
- headache
- loss of taste or smell
- a rash on skin, or discolouration of fingers or toes
Adjective Words to Describe 2020 Pandemic
Following are some adjective words you can use to describe 2020 Pandemic and Covid-19:
| Anosmia | Morbidity |
| Antibodies | Mortality |
| Antibody tests | Mortality rate |
| Bacteria | Myalgia |
| Cardiovascular system | Pandemic |
| Cohort study | Peer review |
| Comorbidity | Physical distancing |
| Conjunctivitis | Plasma |
| Contact tracing | Prevalence |
| Coronavirus | Quarantine |
| COVID-19 | Randomised controlled trial |
| Cure | Respiratory system |
| Dysgeusia | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Epidemic | Self-isolation |
| Epidemiologists | Serology |
| Herd immunity | Treatment |
| Hygiene | Underlying condition |
| Immunity | Vaccine |
| Incidence | Virus |
| Kawasaki disease | Word or phrase |