COVID-19: Current Status and Management

The 2019 novel corona virus disease (COVID-19; previously known as 2019-nCoV) out-break that originated from Wuhan, Hubei province, China, at the end of 2019 was declared a public health emergency of international concern on Jan 30, 2020, by WHO. With more than millions of confirmed cases around the world and claiming thousands of lives, COVID -19 has emerged as a pandemic that had affected more than 200 countries and territories around the world (till 07/04/2020). Even with the prevention plans in place, new cases continue to be reported everyday and death toll continue to rise. The disease is caused by a supposedly mutated strain of the corona virus family.