Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: April | Volume: 7 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 495-501
A Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak as a Pandemic Crisis
Prashanthi Gundlapally1, Snigda Pingili2, Bhargavi Doragolla3
1PharmD, Clinical Research Coordinator, Department of Clinical Research, Care Hospitals, Hitech City, Hyderabad, India
2PharmD, Medical Writer, Department of Clinical Trials, Sahajanand Medical Technologies, Gujarat, India
3PharmD, Clinical Research Coordinator, Department of Clinical Research, Care Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India
Corresponding Author: Dr. Snigda Pingili
ABSTRACT
A novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute metabolic process syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus strain. It was first recorded in the foreign country called China and later has been spread to all over the world. Started with one case and now recorded with a rate of deaths per range of diagnosed cases is four (0-1%). The symptoms associated with this illness are fever, cough, running nose, mainly the respiratory issues. The strange thing is there is no available treatment or vaccine to treat this disease. Clinical trials were still going on to develop the vaccine against coronavirus and expected to be available by the year 2021. Till then, there are only precautionary measures that can handle or control this virus spread. The healthcare professionals and government authorities are doing great jobs to maintain social distancing by proving quarantine or isolation centers to follow advisories strictly from time to time so that we can make way for our own lives and lives of everyone.
Keywords: Coronavirus; COVID-19; social distancing.
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