CURRENT SCENARIO FOR MANAGEMENT ON COVID-19 – A GLOBAL REVIEW

Abstract

New respiratory infections are rising every year. An outbreak occurred due to novel coronavirus and it’s been recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11. Across the nations, most of the countries affected by a coronavirus and facing huge challenges to manage the situation. Since there is no definite treatment available, complete lockdown is followed by every country to reduce this deadly virus spread. It affects all the age groups, but most of them are old age persons. Persons with chronic disorders, respiratory problems, hemodialysis, cancer, and other diseases like diabetes, obesity are at high risk to get affected by coronavirus easily. So, the health care workers facing a huge challenge to treat the patients affected by COVID 19 with comorbidities. Knowledge of treatment protocols and personal hygiene is mandatory to all the front line workers. Quarantine, social distancing, and personal hygiene were the preventive measures taken all over the world. Only preventive measures and symptomatic management are available. Vaccine trials are in the process in various countries all over the world. India is launching plasma therapy as an effective method of treatment. The country's leading medical research organization, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), is drawing up a protocol to start this process. Based on the severity of the disease, different treatment guidelines are followed for the management. Hence this review was written to show what are all the management strategies followed to manage the COVID19 cases.