Recent insights for the emerging COVID-19: Drug discovery, therapeutic options
and vaccine development
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Zhu Y
; Li J
; Pang Z
Asian J Pharm Sci
2021[Jan]; 16
(1
): 4-23
PMID32837565
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SARS-CoV-2 has been marked as a highly pathogenic coronavirus of COVID-19 disease
into the human population, causing over 5.5 million confirmed cases worldwide. As
COVID-19 has posed a global threat with significant human casualties and severe
economic losses, there is a pressing demand to further understand the current
situation and develop rational strategies to contain the drastic spread of the
virus. Although there are no specific antiviral therapies that have proven
effective in randomized clinical trials, currently, the rapid detection
technology along with several promising therapeutics for COVID-19 have mitigated
its drastic transmission. Besides, global institutions and corporations have
commenced to parse out effective vaccines for the prevention of COVID-19. Herein,
the present review will give exhaustive details of extensive researches
concerning the drug discovery and therapeutic options for COVID-19 as well as
some insightful discussions of the status of COVID-19.