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Dictionary Tremble with New Words during COVID-19

Dr. Vandana Vaishnav

Professor for Communication Skills, NRI Institute of Science and Technology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

ABSTRACT

The corona virus has caused an outcry across the world. The virus, which has

spread in 200 countries of the world, has killed thousands of people and

millions of people are infected with it. The whole world is suffering from this.

Due to Corona epidemic, everyone is alert and is taking all measures to avoid

it. Many words (terminology) collide with us from morning to evening. It is

important to know the meaning of these words related to the corona virus i.e.

COVID-19, which are being used everyday nowadays, let us know in detail the

meaning of these words to take precautionary measures. Even world's most

prestigious dictionaries have been forced to make special updates to their

vocabulary. The reason is the current crisis caused by the corona virus. The

epidemic has generated a lot of new words. When words like these make a

place in the daily life of almost every human being, then it becomes mandatory

to understand these words. . As a result it has been observed that children to

elders are showing their passion to understand and using these new words

without any excuses.

KEYWORDS: COVID-19, Sars-CoV-2 S self isolation, social distancing, Epidemic,

quarantine, lockdown, Incubation period, Herd, Zumping

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INTRODUCTION

What is Global Health Emergency? What is the difference

between quarantine and isolation? Or why the Patient 31

term is used. It is very important for you to know the

answers to all these questions, the purpose of this paper is

that people should understand the necessary terminology

related to this epidemic so that they can avoid panicking.

COVID-19 is a new type of corona virus. It was first

identified in Wuhan, China on 31 December 2019. COVID-19

is the official name of the corona virus. The World Health

Organization has given this name. The World Health

Organization has declared it an epidemic.

Sars-CoV-2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Coronavirus-2 is short known as SARS-Cove-2. This is the

name of the new corona virus. It was announced on 11

February. This is different from the virus caused by the

outbreak of SARS in the early 2000s. The World Health

Organization says that despite the relationship, the two

viruses are different.

Pandemic

In a global pandemic, when a disease takes the form of an

outbreak and becomes out of control internationally, it is

called a pandemic. When a pandemic spreads in many

countries at the same time, it is considered a universal

pandemic. The WHO has recently declared the corona virus

to be pandemic. Pandemic is considered the highest level of

global health emergency.

Epidemic

In this case, the disease spreads extensively. When a disease

takes the form of an epidemic, it covers a very large

geographical area. When cases of coronavirus or covid-19

started to appear outside of Wuhan in China, the virus first

came out as an outbreak, later it took the form of an

epidemic.

Social Distancing

In order to prevent spread of infection (corona virus) and to

prevent the disease, keeping less contact with each other is

called social distancing. This simply means that a lot of

people do not gather at one place. Closing a building, staying

locked in a house or cancelling a public event is also part of

this. Social distancing is very important to check the corona

virus. Social distancing is the change in behavior that can

prevent the virus from spreading.

Quarantine is actually a restriction imposed on those who

are at risk of spreading the disease. In such a situation,

people are locked in one place and during this time they are

not even allowed to meet anyone or get out. This type of

restriction is often imposed on patients suffering from

diseases that are communicable diseases.

Self-Isolation

Self-isolation means keeping oneself away from infected

people. There is a step to prevent corona, so that you do not

come in contact with people and stay away from this

infection. Restricting yourself to a certain and safe place is

called self isolation.

Incubation

When the virus comes into contact with the body, the

symptoms of the disease are not immediately visible. These

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symptoms take some time to appear on the body. In the case

of corona virus, this time is two to fourteen days. The time it

takes for the symptoms to appear is called incubation period.

Ventilator is a machine that saves the life of patients who

have trouble breathing or are unable to breathe themselves

during Covid -19.If the lungs are unable to do their job due to

illness, the ventilators handle the breathing process.

Meanwhile, doctors make the lungs work again through

treatment.

Respirator: Health professionals use to wear a mask like

device device to filter virus particles while helping patients.

Herd means herd. When a large group of people become

immune to an infectious disease, that is, resistant to that

disease, it is called herd immunity. It is used only for

infectious diseases. It is also being said for the corona virus

that once a lot of people are cured of it, then this virus will

not spread beyond them. In this way, even if the immunized

people have weak immunity, they do not have to worry

because this virus will not reach them. This can happen in

two of three ways.

One – vaccine should be applied. If a large number of

vaccines are installed, then a large number of people will

build immunity to fight this disease. Then the virus of this

disease will not spread further from them. So those people

who can fall ill, the possibility of reaching this virus will be

very less.

Two – a large number of people are infected, cured, and

because of this, their body develops immunity for it. When a

lot of people get infected and get cured, then this virus will

not spread further from them. They will act as a protective

wall for the people around them

R-naught or R0 (R-naut) – Each virus has its own

reproduction number, which is called R0. R0 is determined

by how many people can be infected with a patient. The

number of people infected also depends on how contagious

the virus is.

Zumping

The experience of COVID-19 isn’t just taxing on couples who

live together. People who are dating are also reconsidering

their relationships during the pandemic—and sometimes

zumping each other.

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