Coronavirus causes viral respiratory tract disease which was first reported from Wuhan, China in December 2019 was declared a pandemic by World Health Organization The causative agent of this disease is severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) The receptors for SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 are same, namely ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2) for causing human infection The common reported symptoms include sore throat, fever, cough, fatigue, headache, myalgia, conjunctivitis, breathlessness Some patients may have diarrhoea and vomiting The infection may progress to pneumonia by the end of first week which may give rise to respiratory failure and death Different antiviral drugs like remdesivir, ribavirin, lopinavir, ritonavir, oseltamivir and ganciclovir and different types of immunotherapy, antimalarials, anti-inflammatory agents, antithrombotic therapy have been advocated for reducing viral load and to prevent or at least decrease respiratory complications and mortality Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 infection is in development stage and once it is available for human use, it will go a long way in controlling corona virus outbreaks The panel recommendation has also been reviewed in this article
A Review on Coronavirus: Structure, Diagnosis and Treatment