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WorksheetsCOVID-19 vocabulary
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 16mins
- An "epidemic" affects many people in a particular area.
- A "pandemic" affects an entire country or the world
True
False
When a (contagious) disease or illness suddenly appears and affects people in a particular place, it is...
an emergency
an outbreak
an appearance
When a contagious disease or illness "spreads", it...
appears for the first time.
disappears.
affects more and more people.
"Community spread" means that
a community is worried about a disease or illness
a disease or illness is transmited from another country.
there is direct transmission of a disease or illness in a community.
A disease, illness or virus is "transmited"
(or there is "transmission" of a disease...) when
when it becomes popular.
it passes from one person or animal to another.
when people talk about it on the radio.
The "incubation period" is the time before an initial infection and the appearance of the symptoms of a disease or ilness
True
False
"Droplets"are very, very small quantities of liquid or fluid that we produce, for example, when we sneeze or cry. Sometimes invisible.
True
False
Wearing "masks", "social distance" or washing your hands with soap or "hand sanitizer" are
health tests
prevention measures
treatments
The period a COVID-19 infected person has to be away from others is called:
holiday
confination
quarantine
The process of identification of and getting information about people who have been near people infected by a virus is
contact tracing
social distance
incubation period
A period of time in which people are not allowed to leave their homes or travel freely, because of a dangerous disease or pandemic is a
lockdown
national emergency
pandemic restrictions
If you have symptoms of an infection, illness or disease, you are
symptomatic
asymptomatic
a patient
If you DON'T have symptoms of an infection, illness or disease, you are
asymptomatic
symptomatic
a patient
If you don't want to infect other people, you should cover your mouth and nose when you
cough or sneeze
eat or drink
speak or talk
An underlying or pre-existing (health) condition means
an illness, disease or health problem that you have before another one
that your health is very good before an infection or illness
a previous health problem necessary to get infected by an illness or virus
"PPE" stands for
Personal protective equipment
Prevention procedures for epidemics
Prevention of pandemics in Europe
An "antiviral" is
A video or picture that is never popular on the internet
a person who hates social networks
an effective medication against a virus
A "ventilator" or "respirator"
a machine that helps people with serious respiratory problems
something you use when it's really hot in summer
a type of superhero
"Herd immunity" happens when a big proportion of the population have been vaccinated and this gives protection for other unprotected or non-vaccined individuals.
False
True
- PCR or viral tests detect if you are infected with COVID-19 through particles of the virus "in blood"
- Antibody or serological tests detect "antibodies" to the coronavirus "in body fluids"
True
False.
PCR or viral tests "in body fluids" & antibody or serological tests "in blood"
The best possible solution at this moment for COVID-19
antibody or serological tests
the vaccine
PCR tests
