Towards the end of 2019, a pneumonia outbreak of unknown etiology occurred in Wuhan, China. The causative pathogen of the disease is called the 2019 novel coronavirus also known as severe acute respi-ratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) that is a zoonotic virus, which can spread from animals to humans. The 2019-coronavirus infection disease caused by this pathogen has become a major public
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