COVID-19 and the Cancer Patient |Biomedgrid

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an enveloped, single-stranded RNA beta-coronavirus. SARSCoV- 2 virus is very closely related to SARS virus in that it utilizes the same angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2) host cell receptor [1]. SARS-CoV-2, otherwise known as COVID-19, has been identified as highly transmissible. Global confirmed cases have increased steadily since the virus' emergence in December 2019.