Detection Tests, Medications and Prevention Used for Managing COVID-19

Abstract

The sudden emergence of pandemic SARS-CoV-2 has caused widespread fear and concern and has threatened global health security. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the weaknesses of our health systems that were unprepared to cope with a very large number of patients requiring respiratory support therapy in a short time frame. On the other hand, the pandemic has prompted the scientific community to join in efforts to fight this novel pathogen and work rigorously to find an effective vaccine of drugs against the novel coronavirus. Efforts in the short term were focused on developing vaccines that help to prevent the infection by targeting the major viral proteins such as S, E, M, N, proteins, RdRP and proteases. Trials are still ongoing to begun their effectiveness in the absence of a specific antiviral therapy against SARS-CoV-2.

In general terms, the SARS-CoV-2-related disease outbreak once again proved the existence of virus reservoirs present in wild and domesticated animals, arguing for continuous surveillance and early warning programs.