1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
2Department of Pharmacy, Mohammed Al-Mana College for Medical Sciences, Abdulrazaq Bin Hammam Street, As Safa, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
3Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
4Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
5Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Northern Border University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
6College of Pharmacy, Al-Dawadmi, Shaqra University, Saudi Arabia.
*Corresponding Author E-mail: dali.niper@gmail.com
Online published on 3 June, 2021.
The novel human coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is the major pandemic throughout the globe and its occurrence is due to the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV2). That began from Wuhan, Hubei province of China in late 2019 and afterward drastically spread worldwide. It effects around 213 countries and territories around the globe and have reported a total of 8, 128, 490 confirmed cases of COVID-19. As an unprecedented global pandemic it sweeps the planet and affects each and every human being either physically, mentally or economically. The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are pyrexia, tiredness, and dry cough but in some cases it is asymptomatic. It can be diagnosed by a health care provider based on symptoms and confirmed through laboratory tests. Till date there is not even a single drug or vaccine that can be used for the effective treatment for this disease. The international community is to introduce a global synchronized strength to prevent the outbreak that needs a strong public health response, high level political commitment and sufficient funding. The aim of this review article is to summarise the recent state of awareness, epidemiology and social impact on surrounding due to outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19, Symptoms, Epidemiology, Myth, Socio-economic burden
