Abstract
On 31 December 2019, pneumonia of unknown cause was detected in Wuhan,
China, and was first reported to the WHO Country Office in China. On 30
January 2020, the outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of
International Concern. (1) It was an outbreak of severe acute
respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection that occurred
in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China and got spread across China and beyond.
WHO officially named the disease - Corona virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
on February 12, 2020. (2) It has been spreading worldwide for a period
of atleast a year & half (3) This review article addresses the current
scenario caused by the SARS- Co V along with the treatment protocols and
ongoing vaccines.