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. 2022 Mar 31;12(4):520.
doi: 10.3390/life12040520.

Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in Water and Environment-A Scoping Review

Taufique Warsi  1   2 , Tanvi Arora  1 , Syed Shams Rizvi  3 , Ali Raza Moosvi  3 , M A Mohammed Aslam  3 , Mohammad Muqtada Ali Khan  4 , Arifullah Mohammed  5
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Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in Water and Environment-A Scoping Review

Taufique Warsi et al. Life (Basel). .

Abstract

A pneumonia outbreak was primarily reported in the fall of 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, with the identity SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus. It quickly grew from a local epidemic to a global pandemic and was declared a public health emergency by the WHO. A total of three prominent waves were identified across the globe, with a slight temporal variability as per the geographical locations, and has impacted several sectors which connect the world. By March 2022, the coronavirus had infected 444.12 million people and claimed 6.01 million human lives worldwide, and these numbers have not yet stabilized. Our paper enlightens readers on the seven strains of human coronaviruses, with special emphasis on the three severe deadliest outbreaks (SARS-2002, MERS-2012, and COVID-19). This work attempts a comprehensive understanding of the coronavirus and its impact on the possible sectors that link the world through the economic chain, climate conditions, SDGs, recycling of the event, and mitigations. There are many points that are raised by the authors in the possible sectors, which are emerging or are as yet unnoticed and thus have not been taken into consideration. This comprehension will leave sets of new challenges and opportunities for the researchers in various streams, especially in earth sciences. Science-integrated research may help to prevent upcoming disasters as a by-product of (existing) epidemics in the form of coronavirus.

Keywords: COVID recycling; SARS-CoV-2; SDGs; climate; economy; mitigation; pandemic.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Worldwide distribution of corona cases across the spectrum (above 5000 cases, as of 26 September 2021).
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Migration of COVID-19 across the globe (Data source: Worldometer and WHO).
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Impact on the global supply chain given the coronavirus outbreak, Cousin (2020). (Source: OECD TiVA Bloomberg Economics, Adapted with permission from Ref. [32]).
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Impact of COVID-19 on SDGs (Jude and Adaeze 2020). (Source: www.eresearchjournal.com, accessed on 15 December 2020. Adapted with permission from Ref. [52]. Jude Chukwunyere Iwuoha and Adaeze Ukamaka Jude-Iwuoha (2020)).
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