Current treatment approaches for pandemic corona virus disease 2019 (COVID 19)

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory disease, spread through personal contact or contact of person with the surface containing virus. First patient of COVID-19 was found in Wuhan, China which is now been spreading all over the world.Coronaviruses belongs to the Coronaviridaefamily. Genomic characterization has shown that probably bats and rodents are the gene sources of Coronaviridaefamily. Today, more than 10 drugs are being undergonein clinical trials for the treatment of COVID-19. The present review article includes the causes of COVID-19 spread, symptoms of infections and their complications involved, current treatment strategies which various countries have been applying including plasma therapy, treatment using combination of antiviral drugs. It also comprises of ongoing clinical trials of vaccines on COVID 19 patients. Overall, the present article gives the global current scenario of the COVID 19.