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Review
. 2022 May 4:10:778037.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.778037. eCollection 2022.

Recent Chronology of COVID-19 Pandemic

Sazada Siddiqui  1 , Heba Waheeb Saeed Alhamdi  1 , Huda Ahmed Alghamdi  1
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Review

Recent Chronology of COVID-19 Pandemic

Sazada Siddiqui et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

COVID-19 is highly contagious and is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. It spreads by means of respiratory droplets and close contact with infected persons. With the progression of disease, numerous complications develop, particularly among persons with chronic illnesses. Pathological investigations indicate that it affects multiple organs and can induce acute respiratory distress syndrome. Prevention is vital and self-isolation is the best means of containing this virus. Good community health practices like maintaining sufficient distance from other people, wearing protective face masks and regular hand washing should be adopted. Convalescent plasma transfusion and the administration of the antiviral Remdesivir have been found to be effective. Vaccines offer lifesaving protecting against COVID-19 which has killed millions and our best bet for staying safe. Screening, suppression/containment as well as mitigation are the strategies implemented for controlling COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccination is essential to end the COVID-19 pandemic and everyone should have an access to them. The current COVID-19 pandemic brought the global economy to a standstill and has exacted an enormous human and financial toll.

Keywords: COVID-19; MERS-CoV; SARS-CoV; SARS-CoV-2; pandemic.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1
Composition of coronavirus instigating respiratory disease in human beings.
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Figure 2
In order to get activated, spike of COVID-19 utilizes ACE2 and TMPRSS2 protease. Endorsed medicines targeted to counter TMPRSS2 prevent infection of COVID-19.
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Figure 3
Allocation prototype for recovered, active cases and deaths globally as on 2nd Sep 2021.
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Figure 4
COVID-19 death rate by different age groups.
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Figure 5
COVID-19 death rate by sex ratio.
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Figure 6
Long-term effects of COVID-19 (produced with permission) (71).
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