Corona Virus disease-2019 (Covid-19): an insight into the pandemic

Abstract

The new Covid-19 viral infection outbreak occurred in the last half of December 2019 in the Wuhan city of China, and has jeopardized the functioning of the whole world for past several months. The disease was officially named as Corona Virus Disease-2019 (Covid-19) by World Health Organisation (WHO) on February 11, 2020, and was declared a pandemic. Human transmission is via droplet as well as aerosols. Elderly individuals and those with co-morbidities are at a higher risk of developing complications. As of now there is no definitive treatment for the infection, and the research on vaccine is progressing rapidly. Till then stringent infection control practices are advised worldwide in order to prevent spread of the infection.