Recrudescence of COVID-19: A review of literature and Indian perspective

Abstract

: The present article aims to describe the sudden emergence of 2019 novel Corona virus its incidence and spread among the neighbouring countries and preventive measures that the World Health Organization and The Central Government of India is taking to ensure early detection and management of cases. : The study is cumulative of the recent literature released by the Central Government of India DHR and ICMR, the Chinese scientists handling the samples and Interim measures on controlling the 2019n-Corona virus by World Health Organization and American National Institute of Health. Inclusion criteriaArticles that discussed corona virus history and epidemiology. Case reports and Interim guidelines by WHO. Articles related to treatment of SARS and MERS in the past 10 years. The study was conducted at GIMS-VRDL, Department of Microbiology, Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalaburagi, Karnataka and articles were selected using PRISMA 2009 checklist. Exclusion criteria: Articles with no proves. : In a short period of 58 days 2019n-CoV has affected more than 82138 people globally and caused 2801 casualties (2744 deaths in mainland China and 57 deaths in the neighbouring countries). The novel corona virus has challenged human technology and development with its undetected highly efficient spread and mutation rate. The role of WHO and ICMR in providing interim guidelines to health care professionals and Research Scientists in identification, isolation, specimen collection and management of affected cases is commendable. On 17 February UNICEF has appealed an estimate of 42.5 million USD to financially support the outbreak response. With growing numbers of cases the fight against the corona virus is still at stake, research needs to be conducted for better understanding different routes of spread including vertical transmission in humans and the detailed genomic sequence, for developing diagnostic kits and efficient anti corona virus drugs and vaccinations.