WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Deshpande M. M.*, Khandge N. T. and Chavan M. J.

ABSTRACT

This review aims to introduce the general information about the Coronaviruses and ongoing pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019. From the early 1960’s the different Coronaviruses species was introduced in the human population that cause mild to moderate respiratory diseases. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses named for their shape protruding spikes that look like a crown. It belongs to the family Coronaviridae and is enveloped with lipid bilayer. From the multiple copies of nucleocapsid (N) protein nucleocapsid is formed which is present inside the envelope. The first case of Novel Coronavirus was reported in Wuhan, Hubei province, China in December 2019 and it was declared the outbreak a public health emergency of International concern by the World Health Organization on 30 January 2020 and declared as pandemic on 11 March 2020. COVID-19 can cause flu-like symptoms that range from mild to severe including cough, fever, and shortness of breathing.