Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Current Treatment Approaches for Pandemic Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid 19)

Jagdish Nikose1, Swati Gaikwad2 , Sanjana Gaikwad2 , Ravi Kalsait3 , Abhishek Joshi4 (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Oct 2020

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory disease, spread through personal contact or contactof person with the surface containing virus. First patient of COVID-19 was found in Wuhan, China whichis now been spreading all over the world.Coronaviruses belongs to the Coronaviridaefamily. Genomiccharacterization 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 presentreview article includes the causes of COVID-19 spread, symptoms of infections and their complicationsinvolved, 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 onCOVID 19 patients. Overall, the present article gives the global current scenario of the COVID 19.

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