Good immunity with necessary precautions can protect people against COVID - 19.

KARACHI -- Coronoavirus Disease (COVID - 19), globally registered with less than three percent mortality rate is established to be significantly less lethal as compared to other strains of the same virus as Severely Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle Eastern Respiratory (MERS), hence people in general need to boost their immunity with due care towards simple but efficient precautionary measures, said Prof. Dr. Tabbasum Mehbood, Dean, Faculty of Science, Karachi University here Wednesday.

Addressing an awareness session at Aiwan e Liaqut Girls Hostel of the university, she said Pakistan with five confirmed cases of the disease, all reportedly stable, is a fact that needed to be cherished with cautious optimism as questionable hygienic practice, in particular context of neglect towards regular hand washing and indifference towards avoidance to droplets generated through cough, could be risky.

"While warm weather is blessing in deterrence of the particular virus questionable hygienic practices remain a risk," commented the speaker.

Mentioning that COVID is a type of virus that typically affects the respiratory tract and is associated with symptoms of common cold, fever, cough, headache, tiredness and difficulty in breathing, the speaker said these are common to many other illnesses and thus should not be confused with coronavirus disease.

"What is , however, common is that recovery depends on...