Open AccessCOVID-19 An update on oral symptoms, newer variants, second wave and vaccination drive in India — A Review
Author(s) -
Srilekha Jayakumar,
Chakravarthy S Vineetha,
Bindu John,
A. Karthikeyan,
Dinesh Sridhar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of oral health dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2395-499X
pISSN - 2395-4914
DOI - 10.18231/j.ijohd.2021.032
Subject(s) - pandemic , outbreak , covid-19 , virus , virology , vaccination , middle east respiratory syndrome , medicine , intensive care medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
A serious threat to world now is the emergence of COVID-19 (Corona Virus Diseases-2019). When compared to its precursor virus, SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome – now called as SARS-CoV-1) and MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome), this virus spreads more rapidly. The emergence of this virus happened in december 2019 in Wuhan. World Health Organisation announced this virus outbreak as a pandemic on March 202020. The current threat to the world is the emergence of second wave of COVID -19 that has shaken many countries in world and its peak in India was in the month of may 2021 which had drastically affected the country. Hence this review gives a comprehensive update on corona virus and its newer oral symptoms and about treatment approaches and vaccines currently available in India.