TY - JOUR
T1 - Covid-19, an emerging coronavirus infection
T2 - Current scenario and recent developments - An overview
AU - Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.
AU - Katterine Bonilla-Aldana, D.
AU - Tiwari, Ruchi
AU - Sah, Ranjit
AU - Rabaan, Ali A.
AU - Dhama, Kuldeep
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - During December 2019, a novel coronavirus virus (2019-nCov) emerged in China, which posed an International Public Health Emergency in a couple of weeks, and very recently attained the position of a very high-risk category by World Health Organization (WHO). This virus was named the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), and the disease referred to as Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19). Till March 8, 2020, the virus has claimed the lives of nearly 3,600 humans out a total of approximately 110,000 confirmed cases affected by this infection. The present editorial is a brief overview highlighting the most salient features and facts with regards to COVID-19, an emerging coronavirus infection, its causative virus (SARS-CoV-2), the current worldwide scenario, recent developments and currently ongoing progresses to contain and control this disease which have now spread to more than 100 countries across the globe. Of note, worldwide researchers and various health agencies are all together doing their best to halt the spread of this virus and avoid any possible pandemic situation to be faced, which otherwise would threaten the lives of millions of human beings.
AB - During December 2019, a novel coronavirus virus (2019-nCov) emerged in China, which posed an International Public Health Emergency in a couple of weeks, and very recently attained the position of a very high-risk category by World Health Organization (WHO). This virus was named the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), and the disease referred to as Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19). Till March 8, 2020, the virus has claimed the lives of nearly 3,600 humans out a total of approximately 110,000 confirmed cases affected by this infection. The present editorial is a brief overview highlighting the most salient features and facts with regards to COVID-19, an emerging coronavirus infection, its causative virus (SARS-CoV-2), the current worldwide scenario, recent developments and currently ongoing progresses to contain and control this disease which have now spread to more than 100 countries across the globe. Of note, worldwide researchers and various health agencies are all together doing their best to halt the spread of this virus and avoid any possible pandemic situation to be faced, which otherwise would threaten the lives of millions of human beings.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Control
KW - Current situation
KW - Prevention
KW - Recent developments
KW - SARS-CoV-2
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U2 - 10.22207/JPAM.14.1.02
DO - 10.22207/JPAM.14.1.02
M3 - Artículo de revisión
AN - SCOPUS:85083577489
SN - 0973-7510
VL - 14
SP - 5
EP - 12
JO - Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
JF - Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
IS - 1
ER -
