Evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: A global health emergency

Thamina Acter, Nizam Uddin*, Jagotamoy Das, Afroza Akhter, Tasrina Rabia Choudhury, Sunghwan Kim

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

According to data compiled by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, more than two and half million cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a newly discovered virus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), have been confirmed on April 20, 2020 (Nature, 2020b). Since the emergence of this infectious disease in Asia (Wuhan, China) late last year, it has been subsequently span to every continent of the world except Antarctica (Rodríguez-Morales et al., 2020). Along with a foothold in every country, the current disease pandemic is disrupting practically every aspect of life all over the world. As the outbreak are continuing to evolve, several research activities have been conducted for better understanding the origin, functions, treatments, and preventions of this novel coronavirus. This review will be a summa of the key features of novel coronavirus (nCoV), the virus causing disease 2019 and the present epidemic situation worldwide up to April 20, 2020. It is expected that this record will play an important role to take more preventive measures for overcoming the challenges faced during this current pandemic.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number138996
JournalScience of the Total Environment
Volume730
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 15 2020

Funding

This research work was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education ( NRF-2017R1D1A1B03032189 ). Authors are thankful to Dr. Tahmeed Ahmed and Dr. Mustafa Mahfuz of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr'b) for their valuable comments about the importance of this study.

Keywords

  • Epidemic
  • Novel coronavirus
  • Public health
  • Respiratory disease

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pollution
  • Waste Management and Disposal
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry

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