World Asthma Day is observed annually on the 5th of May. Currently, there is no evidence of increased Covid-19 infection rates among those with asthma, but according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention people with moderate to severe asthma may be at higher risk of getting very sick from Covid-19. The novel coronavirus can affect your respiratory tract and cause an asthma attack, and possibly lead to pneumonia and acute respiratory disease. However, there is no published data to support this. Don’t neglect symptoms such as cough and breathlessness. Many reports suggest that corticosteroid drugs taken to control asthma symptoms can slow your immune system, but health experts recommend that you must continue taking your controller medications. In the current pandemic, the best thing a person with asthma can do is to get and keep their asthma under control, suggests the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology. A nebulizer might spread the virus through the air if you use it while you’re sick. So if you must, do it in a room by yourself.