1. It includes healthcare workers, police force, military personnel, and
logistics drivers directly involved in COVID-19 response
2. A situation where more cases of disease than expected happen in a given
area or to a group of people.
3. An emergency measure in which individuals are restricted from certain
areas in an attempt to control exposure or transmission of disease.
4. Identification and tracking of people who may have come into contact with
an infectious person
5. This includes masks, face shields, gloves, gowns and other coverings
that healthcare workers use to prevent the spread of infection to themselves and other
patients.
6. A family of related viruses. It causes respiratory illnesses. The coronavirus
that causes COVID-19 is formally called SARS-CoV-2, which stands for severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
7. Your body's ability to resist or fight off an infection. Your immune system
is a system of cells in your body that help you avoid getting the disease and help you get
better when you are infected.
8. A worldwide spread of an infectious disease, with larger reach than an
epidemic. Until COVID-19, the last pandemic was the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009.
9. When a person shows signs of illness. For COVID-19, that includes
cough, fever or shortness of breath.
10. Not showing any symptoms (signs of disease or illness). Some people
without any symptoms still have and can spread the coronavirus. They're asymptomatic,
but contagious. Fever, cough, and shortness of breath are the main symptoms of COVID-
19. Call your healthcare provider or a UVA clinic if you have any of the symptoms.​