Abstract

PANDEMIC OF THE ERA: COVID-19 – AN OVERVIEW

Divine Varghese* and Leni Aniyan Samuel

ABSTRACT

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019) is the newest pandemic haunting human life from late 2019 to this day, caused by a novel coronavirus known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) accounting for more than 15 Million positive cases by July of 2020 and over 6 lakh deaths. An overview about coronavirus infection describes in brief its origin, pathology, clinical features, diagnostic methods, process of transmission and the mainstay treatment options along with the upcoming strategies to combat the light speed spread of the infection. The public measures undertaken to halt disease spread has proven to be effective to the extent of public understanding and readiness to comply to the needful. No obvious therapy has yet been stated for Covid-19 infection although the existing medications are being used in a plethora of studies. Among the new drugs targeted for this infection are: Remdesivir and potential vaccines in the early stages of human trials.

Keywords: Covid-19; Remdesivir; Transmission; Pandemic; Treatment.