Abstract
Covid 19, the pandemic originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, had the entire world conquered. The structure and transmission of the causative organism, Coronavirus is well studied. Remdesivir, the product of Gilead pharmaceuticals, was effective against many viral infections, including Ebola and SARS. It comes under the category of nucleoside prodrug and has given promising results in the early trials against SARS COV 19. In depth, research is taking place at a rapid pace, so that Remdesivir will be available to the therapeutic community as an effective remedy for the pandemic caused by SARS COV2. If this meets success, the darkest era in the modern history of mankind may become a memory in the near future.
Highlights
The entire world is reeling under the outbreak of the corona virus
The pandemic which originated in late 2019, in the Chinese city of Wuhan, had it’s source identified as a novel corona virus and was named as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS COV 2) [1, 2] In March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) named this infection as Covid 19 [3]
Corona virus belongs to the family Corona Viridae which are viral organisms with an envelope. They have single-stranded RNA and generally infects humans and animals [4]. Their infections ranges from common cold to life-threatening infections like MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and the recent outbreak Covid 19 [5]
Summary
The entire world is reeling under the outbreak of the corona virus. News from across the globe clearly testimonies the conquest of this tiny organism over the entire world. The pandemic which originated in late 2019, in the Chinese city of Wuhan, had it’s source identified as a novel corona virus and was named as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS COV 2) [1, 2] In March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) named this infection as Covid 19 [3]. Discovered in the 1960s, the coronavirus was originally thought to be only responsible for mild disease, with strains such as HCoV 229E and HCoV OC43 responsible for the common cold Coronaviruses primarily cause infections of the respiratory tract and GIT in humans [6].
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