OPINION ABOUT COVID-19

BY

YUSTINA PRIMA MATUR

1714201022

NURSING UNDERGRADUATE STUDY PROGRAM

FACULTY OF HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE

INDONESIA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY SANTU PAULUS RUTENG

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1. The onset of covid-19

The first case of corona virus was initially identified as flu in 1996 with around
500 patients identified as having flu-like disorders. Furthermore, corona was
treated as a non-lethal virus and was considered simple until 2002. After the
presence of Severe Acute Repiratory (SARS-Cov) in China, experts began to
focus on the causes and discover what results if this outbreak was caused by a new
form of corona. In 2012, a similar outbreak, East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-
Cov), occurred in the middle east. From these two events, it is known that corona
is not a stable virus and is able to adapt to become more violent, and can even
cause death.

2. What are the symptoms that appear

COVID-19 infection can cause mild, moderate or severe symptoms. The main
clinical symptoms that appear are fever (temperature> 3800c), coughing and
breathing difficulties. Moreover, it can be accompanied by heavy tightness,
fatigue, myalgia, gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea and other airways.
Half of patients develop shortness in one week. in severe cases progressively rapid
deterioration, such as ARDS, septic shock, metabolic acidosis that is difficult to
correct and bleeding or dysfunction of the coagulation system within a few days.
In the case of several patients, symptoms that appear mild, not even accompanied
by fever. Most patients have good progonosis, with a small percentage in critical
condition even died. The following clinical syndromes that can arise if infected.
The following are clinical syndromes that can occur if infected (PDPI, 2020).
a. Not complicated
This condition is the lightest condition. Symptoms that appear in the form of
specific symptoms. The main symptoms still appear such as fever, cough, can
be accompanied by sore throat, nasal congestion, malaise, headache, and
muscle aches. It should be noted that patients with elderly and
immunocompromised patients present the symptoms to be non-typical or
atypical. In addition, in some cases found not accompanied by fever and

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 relatively mild symptoms. In this condition the patient has no symptoms of
complications including dehydration, sepsis or shortness of breath.
b. Mild pneumonia
The main symptoms can appear such as fever, cough, and tightness. But there
are no signs of severe pneumonia. In children with pneumonia is not
characterized by severe cough with difficulty breathing.
c. Severe pneumonia. In adult patients.
- Symptoms that arise between his fever or suspicious airway infection
-Signs that appear are tachypnea (breath frequency> 30x / min), severe
respiratory distress or patient's oxygen saturation <90% outside air.
3. What needs to be done so as not to be infected

Perform hand hygiene using a hand snitizer if hands don't look dirty or wash
hands using soap if hands look dirty, avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth, apply
ethics to coughing or sneezing by covering nose and mouth with inner upper arms
or tissue, then throwing tissue in the trash, use a medical mask if you have
respiratory symptoms and perform hand hygiene after removing the mask, clean
the home environment, keep a distance, (at least 1 m) from people who experience
respiratory distress symptoms.

4. Suggestions for government and community service

For the masaryakat, so as not to be exposed to the covid-19 virus, it is expected

that the masaryakat will always follow the government's recommendations and
always follow the health protocol. so masary

For the government, to accelerate the treatment and prevention of wider

transmission, the government must implement policies at all costs such as the
procurement of supporting medical devices, isolation rooms, and personal
protective equipment (PPE), free of examination fees, both those that are not
recorded or not, or matters those who are prevented, such as the distribution of
cheap masks and so on and the government must obey the rules so that the
community is not infected by co-19.

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