An Insight to Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Treatment of COVID-19

Abstract

Abstract

Since late December, 2019 an outbreak of a novel coronavirus disease was reported in Wuhan, China with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). It is commonly known as COVID-19 means a disease caused by coronavirus and the first case was identified in 2019. The WHO declared the COVID-19 a global pandemic in March, 2020 because it affected more than 100 countries worldwide. In this review we summarize epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19. The absence of vaccines and antiviral drug, isolation and quarantine are achieving remarkable results against coronavirus cases. It is necessary to strengthen the monitoring of COVID-19 and to develop drugs and vaccines of the COVID-19 infection as soon as possible.

Keywords: Coronavirus, diagnosis, epidemiology, pandemic, treatment

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Asad Jamal Ansari, Mohd Imran, Anuradha Mishra, Afreen Usmani, Mohammad Monawwar, Nishat Fatima, Shweta. An Insight to Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Treatment of COVID-19. Research & Reviews: A Journal of Drug Design & Discovery. 2020; 7(2): 13–22p.