PSG footballers put on special t-shirts in the match of the 26th round of the French Championship against Bordeaux in support of China in the fight against coronavirus.

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PSG “shot” “Bordeaux” with a score of 4: 3, the Paris club leads in the standings with a margin of 13 points.

Currently, over 78 thousand people have been infected with coronavirus. The death toll exceeded 2400 people.

Recall, the outbreak of the virus began with a seafood and animal market in the Chinese city of Wuhan. It causes symptoms similar to the common cold, but quickly affects the lungs and other organs.. The pathogen belongs to a large family of coronaviruses.. The disease has spread to dozens of countries. Two Ukrainians caught the virus on a cruise ship.

World Health Organization gives official name to new killer coronavirus from China - COVID-19. In China itself, it was previously called NCP (Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia), which means pneumonia, which is caused by a new type of coronavirus.

The first vaccine for this type of coronavirus will appear no earlier than in a year and a half.

Some animal seems to be the source of an outbreak of coronavirus. At the same time, it is known that the virus can also be transmitted from person to person by airborne droplets. It is suspected that the disease can be transmitted even during the incubation period, when its carrier does not suspect that it is infected..

Following an emergency meeting, the World Health Organization has declared an outbreak of coronavirus an international emergency. This has become an indirect recognition that it is not possible to contain the spread of the disease and that it is becoming a global issue from a local problem..

Basic recommendations for avoiding coronavirus infection:.

avoid contact with animals;

not eat raw or poorly processed meat;

avoid contact with people who have signs of illness;

wash your hands regularly and thoroughly.