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Salud Mental 2021; 44 (1)

COVID-19 and the brain regulation of the new proxemics

Franco-Pérez J

Language: English
References: 11
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COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by an RNA virus with a crown-like appearance and grouped into the family Coronaviridae. Seven coronaviruses capable of infecting humans have been identified. The alpha (229E, NL63) and beta (OC43, HKU1) are associated with mild respiratory diseases. However, the other types (MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2) can cause a severe acute respiratory syndrome. Most COVID-19 patients experience fever, fatigue, cough, and difficulty in breathing. Other symptoms have been observed as a loss of taste and/or smell, muscle aches, sore throat, headache, nausea, and diarrhea (CDC, 2020). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are 29 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide, and more than 925,000 deaths are associated with this disease, and these numbers are increasing daily. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global challenge and has come to change the population’s daily life. Due to the pandemic potential, the WHO recommended the implementation of actions to prevent its spread. These precautions include: regular hand washing, social distancing keeping up to a 2-m distance between individuals and social isolation, avoiding going to crowded places, among others (WHO, 2020).


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