The Coronavirus is also refereed to as COVID-19 and is a highly contagious and infectious disease. Every country across the world is facing a huge battle to vaccinate their people to give them immunity against this disease.
Many of us will only experience mild symptoms or may show no symptoms at all however, older people and those with underlying Health Conditions may become seriously ill. COVID-19 can sadly prove fatal.
The common symptoms of COVID-19 are:
You may also experience lesser reported symptoms such as:
The COVID-19 virus spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
There are a number of preventative measures in place to help to protect you from catching coronavirus and importantly everyone should follow this government advice.
If you have a private medical insurance policy that covers mental health conditions you can then access private treatment. The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has affected the face to face availability of many private treatments however, video and telephone consultation options have been extended.
To provide clarity for our private medical insurance clients around the coronavirus pandemic and how this will affect their cover whether as a business or personal policy, please read the information provided below. There are some important things to consider around COVID-19 and your health insurance
Private medical insurance (PMI) can really come in to its own at this time when the NHS is under extreme pressure of unprecedented levels. The whole NHS system is doing an outstanding job of coping with an unknown demand and those of us who are fortunate enough to have access to PMI should now look at the help available for non-coronavirus medical conditions.