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As the number of cases of Covid-19 Coronavirus continues to increase, especially here in Spain, BayRadio's health correspondent Jeremy Kenton looks at how to spot the symptoms and what you should do next. Your emergency helpline may have changed with the addition of a dedicated number for the Valencia Region.
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now obviously everybody is worried about
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coronavirus and one of the main issues
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is how do you tell the difference
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between normal flu and coronavirus now
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the thing is that CoV ID 19 is very
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difficult to differentiate from normal
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flu but there are certain slight subtle
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differences with a normal flu it will
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often begin with a headache sore throat
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raising temperature but usually with
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some degree of nasal congestion or mucus
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feeling of tiredness and muscular ache
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whereas the corona virus does seem to be
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predominantly beginning with either a
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sore throat and a cough and then a fever
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and then very specifically shortness of
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breath now the sore throat aspect may
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last for up to two or three days before
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any of the other symptoms begin so what
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you want to think in terms of is even if
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you think it may be normal flu the
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guideline here really is to be rather
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safe than sorry so remember that the
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whole effective coronavirus is it's
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highly contagious and very often people
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may actually have the virus in their
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system for anything up to 10 to 14 days
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before they actually get symptoms which
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is why if you have traveled to a
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high-risk area and unfortunately Spain
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isn't our fifth on that list the main
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ones obviously China Italy Iran South
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Korea and then Spain but if you have
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been to a high-risk area or have been in
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contact with somebody who's in the
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high-risk area those ten to fourteen
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days after you've been in contact with
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that person is when you are asymptomatic
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no symptoms but potentially contagious
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now the main problem with the corona
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virus is the way in which it can
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potentially affect the lung and for
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those of you who have a history of lung
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disease respiratory problems heart
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problems or type 2 diabetes that makes
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it more important that you do self
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isolate and make direct contact with the
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local Health Authority
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now the number in the Valencia region
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for you to ring has changed now is now
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nine hundred three hundred five five
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five in the Valencia region nine hundred
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three hundred five five five and what
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they'll do is they'll talk you through a
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series of questions and then if they
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feel it necessary are the contact your
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own doctor to come and see you all for a
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response team to come out and see you in
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the rest of Spain the number is zero six
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one but remember that the majority of
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you if you were to get coronavirus it
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will just be like a very bad case of flu
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we're not talking about man flu we're
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talking about the kind of flu where you
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literally can't lift your head up off
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the pillow where you feel tired
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exhausted muscular aches and pains fever
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cough and specifically shortness of
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breath but the main thing is as we've
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said before don't panic
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you
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