Recently, a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) emerged in China and rapidly spread worldwide. It is declared an ongoing outbreak as a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The spread of this virus is continuous despite many drastic containment measures (complete lockdown, curfews, etc). Currently, health authorities of the world focused on rapid diagnosis and isolation of patients as well as the search for therapies to counter the most severe effects of this infection. Recently, the vaccines are also being launched worldwide against the prevention of this infection.
COVID-19: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives intends to bring more rigorous knowledge of COVID-19. This book provides a general introduction about COVID-19, history, diagnosis, treatment, and management, along with its pathological mechanisms.
In addition, it also explains the possible mechanism of deaths, targets, repurposing of drugs, herbal medicines in the treatment of COVID-19 infection. This book provides a comprehensive view on COVID-19 infection and is a guide for health care professionals, researchers, academicians, regulators and general public.