Football. ua - about the main threat to the football world right now.

Coronavirus, or COVID-2019, in a fairly short period managed to become the main newsmaker not only in the medical field, but also in the daily life of mankind, including football. The Chinese ailment quickly reached Europe and already now leads to unprecedented consequences.

Who would have thought that because of the virus matches would be held behind closed doors, and in the future it would turn out to be only a minimal security measure. Due to a disease new to humanity, whole championships stop and matches are canceled, and players and club employees are quarantined.

As it often happens, people have different attitudes towards the disease. Someone is preparing a bunker, but someone is not afraid to face the virus unarmed. However, one thing is clear: you shouldn’t neglect your health at all, otherwise the football world would not have reacted to the existing threat, because more than 155 thousand people have already been registered.

What distinguishes coronavirus from influenza?

Both coronavirus and influenza cause respiratory infections in humans, but have significant differences in the spread process and some other aspects.

Both diseases are transmitted by respiratory droplets. The main difference between influenza and coronavirus is that in the second case, a person’s cough is only dry - without sputum discharge. In addition, with the flu it hurts muscles and joints, but in the case of Chinese ailment, pain is experienced in the chest area. In addition, the flu has a shorter incubation period - the interval between infection and the onset of the first symptoms. This means that a person can be a carrier of coronavirus for about ten days, but not even suspect it..

The main complications of the new disease may be pneumonia, bronchitis, sinusitis and others.

Coronavirus turned the football life of COVID-2019 in the shortest possible time had a crazy effect on football. So, the authorities of a large number of countries canceled all sports tournaments, but some hold meetings behind closed doors.