Vol. 10, Issue 1 (2021)

Author(s):
Dar Junaid Bashir, Mohammad Samim, Masarat Bashir, M Younus Wani and NA Ganie

Abstract:
COVID-19 a Novel Coronavirus disease which emerged in the month of December 2019 in the city of Wuhan, China had crossed almost all previous records of acute respiratory disease syndromes and is still spreading at a brisk pace. The disease had already spread to the other parts of world and the number of infected cases is rising day by day. It is still early days to estimate the loss of lives and the economic impact of this deadly disease. Herein, we present little insight into different aspects like epidemiological, clinical, pathogenecity, transmissibility, genomics, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of the disease. Besides this a brief insight into the approach of India in combating the spread of COVID-19 through lockdown is also given.