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Match the following

• pandemic

• persons who have the disease

• cases

• a disease that spreads over a whole country or the whole world

• test positive

• to go from one person or place to another

• spread

• when a medical test shows you have a disease (like COVID-19)

• Covid-19

• a disease caused by a coronavirus

Match the following

• fever

• to have air come suddenly and noisily out through your nose and mouth in a way that you cannot control, for example because you have a cold

• talk

• small drops of a liquid

• cough

• a medical condition in which a person has a temperature that is higher than normal

• droplets

• to force out air suddenly and noisily through your throat, for example when you have a cold

• sneeze

• to say things; to speak in order to give information or to express ideas or feelings

Match the following

• sore throat

• bringing food from the stomach back out through the mouth

• nausea

• tiredness or exhaustion

• vomiting

• a continuous pain in the head

• headache

• the feeling that you have when you want to vomit, for example because you are sick or are shocked or frightened by something

• fatigue

• pain in your throat

Match the following

• a runny nose

• a common illness that affects the nose and/or throat, making you cough, sneeze, etc.

• a cold

• = influenza

  = a serious disease caused by a virus, that causes a high temperature, severe pains and weakness

• the flu

• a nose that has liquid coming out of it

Match the following

• open windows for fresh air

• to receive a vaccine to protect against a disease

• get vaccinated

• to clean your hands with soap and water

• wash hands

• to put a mask on your face to cover your nose and mouth

• wear a mask

• to keep distance from people to avoid getting sick

• stay away from

• to let fresh air come inside by opening windows

What is COVID-19?

• that can

• is

• make people sick.

• It

• a disease

What virus causes COVID-19?

• called

• causes

• COVID-19.

• A coronavirus

• SARS-CoV-2

When did COVID-19 start?

• 2019.

• started

• It

• in

What are the symptoms of COVID-19?

The symptoms of COVID-19 are cough, ​ (a)   , sore ​ (b)   , fatigue,

headache, ​ (c)   or ​ (d)   , and a ​ (e)   .

• fever
• throat
• nausea
• runny nose
• vomiting

What does “test positive” mean?

It ​ (a)   the test ​ (b)   you ​ (c)   the virus.

• means
• shows
• have