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The Indian perspective of COVID-19 outbreak
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Kaushik S
; Kaushik S
; Sharma Y
; Kumar R
; Yadav JP
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The emerging infection of COVID-19 was initiated from Wuhan, China, have been
spread to more than 210 countries around the globe including India. The clinical
symptoms of COVID-19 are very similar to other respiratory viruses. The number of
laboratory-confirmed cases and associated deaths are increasing regularly in
various parts of the World. Seven coronaviruses (229E, NL63, OC43, HKU1, SARS,
MERS and, COVID-19) can naturally infect human beings. Out of these four
(229E-CoV, NL63-CoV, OC43-CoV, HKU1-CoV) are responsible for mild upper
respiratory infections, while SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and COVID-19 are well known for
their high mortality. Few mild strains of coronaviruses are circulating in India
but there is no evidence of SARS and MERS outbreaks. The COVID-19 is an emerging
viral infection responsible for pandemics. Fortunately, the mortality of COVID-19
is low as compared with SARS and MERS, the majority of its cases are recovered.
The death toll of COVID-19 is high even after its low mortality because COVID-19
causes a pandemic while SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV cause epidemics only. COVID-19
influenced the large segments of the world population, which led to a public
health emergency of international concern, putting all health organizations on
high alert. COVID-19 is the first coronavirus after Spanish Flu 1918-1919, who
has extremely influenced the health system, economy, and psychology of India. The
present study review is on the general continent, virology, pathogenesis, global
epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment and control of COVID-19
with the reference to India.