Coronavirus: Hotspot on coronavirus disease 2019 in India

Abstract

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) or also known as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been recognized as the cause of respiratory infection in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in late December 2019. As of April 5, 2020, this epidemic had spread to worldwide with 12,03,485 confirmed cases, including 62,000 deaths. The World Health Organization has declared it a Global Public Health Crisis. Coronavirus causes respiratory illness coughing, sneezing, breathlessness, and fever including pneumonia. The disease is transmitted person to person through infected droplets. At present, the research on novel coronavirus is still in the primary stage. Based on the published study, we thoroughly summarize the history and origin, microbiology and taxonomy, mode of transmissions, target receptor, clinical features, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment about COVID-19. This short report writes in hope for providing platform to community and researcher dealings against with the novel coronavirus and providing a reference for further studies.

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“…The novel coronavirus (2019-nCOV), also known as the severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has caused a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic that has afflicted 6,418,078 people and caused 381,064 deaths as of June 3, 2020. [ 1 , 2 ] In India, COVID-19 has spread in all states across the country, with 2,017,615 cases and 5815 deaths reported at the time of writing. [ 3 ]…”