Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 6

COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pragmatic plan for Therapeutic Intervention

  • Author:
  • Atanu Bhattacharjee1, Nongmaithem Randhoni Chanu2, Kunal Bhattacharya3,4,*
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 2862 to 2868

1Royal School of Pharmacy, Royal Global University, Guwahati, Assam – 781035

2Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Assam Downtown University, Assam – 781026

3NETES Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Mirza, Kamrup, Assam – 781125

4Pratiksha Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guwahati, Assam-781026

*Corresponding Author E-mail: kunal22101994@gmail.com

Online Published on 20 February, 2023.

Abstract

The prevalence of the Novel Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic is growing worldwide and the third phase of this deadly flu has already been started across the globe. COVID-19 has already been emerged as one of the most devastating epidemics throughout the world with the highest rate of mortality and has become the most important health challenge in developed and developing countries. This paper totals and solidifies the study of disease transmission, clinical signs, finding, medications and counteractions of this new sort of COVID-19. Data were collected from the articles published in various electronic databases such as Elsevier, Science Direct, Scopus, PubMed between 2010 and 2020. Existing literature, news and media, a various statutory body of the Health Ministry of various countries, World Health Organization (WHO) has said that there is no particular medicine to prevent or treat coronavirus disease till date. Few antiviral drugs combination of lopinavir and ritonavir, antimalarial drugs like chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are widely used as an effective medicine to treat COVID-19 to date. A search vaccine is in progress up to the clinical trial stage in many countries including China, the USA and India. Need of the hour is high-quality clinical data from different geographic areas to develop the vaccine and safe drugs.

Keywords

SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Coronavirus, Disease transmission, Clinical signs, Treatment