The Sufferings of Cancer Patients Infected by SARS-CoV-2 |Biomedgrid

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has drawn attention in the world in early 2020. This is an infectious disease occurs by an unusual type of coronavirus, spreads easily and has a significant mortality rate. Among different types of coronaviruses, some cause mild sickness i.e., cold, sneeze while others can be more serious with severe complications. This virus spread from person to person, particularly when a COVID-19 patient delivers droplets with sneezes or coughs. The common symptoms of coronavirus include a high temperature of above 37.80C, continuous cough, and a loss of/change in normal sense of taste or smell. In this write-up, we have tried to accumulate the currently available information on the outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection on patients with cancer comorbidities [1].