Emerging Therapeutic Options for COVID-19

Abstract

BACKGROUND COVID-19, the ``pandemic'', ``public health crisis'' etc., are the news headlines every morning which is threatening the people and developing a feeling of fear and anxiety amongst the people in almost all the countries across the globe. Scientists, doctors and all other health care professionals are making continuous and tremendous efforts in searching and developing different ways to control the outbreak of the pandemic viral disease. Also, development of new drugs, testing efficacy, and clinical trials of the old available drugs and efforts for development of vaccination for COVID-19 to prevent its occurrence in the near future is still ongoing. But unfortunately, there exists no single particular approved / recognized treatment or drug for the COVID-19 patients yet. This review article is aimed at enlightening most of the preventive measures and treatment options that are available and described in the literature.