Open AccessCovid-19: A pandemic here to stay!
Author(s) -
Shamshad A. Khan,
Ashitha Nair,
Imran Hossain,
Abhinaya Shivakumar,
Shabnam Cyclewala,
Reena Kumari,
Myat Thida Win,
Haritha Padmadas,
Arun Varghese,
Geethu Jnaneswaran,
Athul Raj Raju,
Khaoula Bessame,
Roshini Kurian,
Mehak Malhotra,
Charvi Jain,
Garima Sethi,
Varshil Mehta
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of medical research and innovation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-8139
DOI - 10.32892/jmri.249
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , epidemiology , modalities , medicine , virology , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , outbreak , pathology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , sociology , social science
Since December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 has spread to more than 200 countries and has become a global pandemic. There have been more than 49 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 as of 1st of November, 2020 with over 1.2 million case fatalities all over the world. The current review paper gives an update on the epidemiology, investigations modalities and treatment options including the various current treatment protocols, vaccines in development and experimental drugs in research.