| dc.description.abstract | Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first detected in China in December, 2019, and declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020.
Since then, the virus has spread all over the world, and as of 20 May 2020, it has infected 4,806,299 people, and caused 318,599 deaths
The current management of COVID-19 is based generally on supportive therapy and treatment to prevent respiratory failure.
The effective option of antiviral therapy and vaccination are currently under evaluation and development. | en_US |
