User:Gerald Waldo Luis/COVID-19 narration script

This is a draft on the renewal of the Coronavirus disease 2019 video summary narration script. A discussion here suggests that a refreshment of the Coronavirus disease 2019 video summary, as it may benefit those who seek a Simple English summary of the lead. Once narration and editing is done, the new video may be put on the article and the script will be changed to the final product here.

This draft will still be messy and contain maintenance tags. Tags will be colored.

• Red: About a statement omitted because of a particular reason.
• Blue: About a statement that may not be required to be put.
• Green: A statement next to it may require modification for simplicity.
• Purple: A statement still cannot be simplified. Please help.

Script (draft)

Coronavirus disease 2019, known as COVID-19, is a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, which is severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. First found in Wuhan, Hubei, China, it has caused a global pandemic known as the COVID-19 pandemic. The numbers were first counted on 17 November 2019. Live numbers omitted: there's no way we can repeatedly update them.

Fever, cough, fatigue, as well as unable to breath, smell, and taste are the common symptoms for the virus. Large symptoms summary required. Some had small symptoms, however others have really serious ones. Some noticed symptoms in two days, but some also experience them in five, or even 14 days.

The virus is mostly gotten by touching waters from someone coughing, sneezing, or talking. Specific statement "The droplets usually fall to the ground or onto surfaces rather than travelling through air over long distances. However, the transmission may also occur through smaller droplets that are able to stay suspended in the air for longer periods of time in enclosed spaces, as typical for airborne diseases." is not needed, as this is a summary. Some also can get it touching an object with the virus. The first three days were the virus' most contagious times, however some also don't get symptoms. The last two sentences of the third paragraph needs to be simplified.

Ways to prevent the virus include washing hands, social distancing, staying home, using facial covers, and not touching face using unwashed hands.

A cure has not been found to treat COVID-19. The World Health Organization announced the virus outbreak an international emergency on 30 January 2020 and a pandemic on 11 March. Last sentence is not really needed.

Consensus

• Only list references in the script article, not the video, as the references are unclickable there.
• Please use real-voice narration instead of prosodies to prevent any flaw.
• The video caption should be "Basic English version of this article (script)."
• Specific details included in the actual lead is not required. This is a summary.