A Review on 2019-nCoV (SARS-CoV-2) in India

Authors

  • Pawan Kumar Mahawar Kota College of Pharmacy, Kota-Rajasthan, India
  • Abhay Sharma Kota College of Pharmacy, Kota, Rajasthan, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22270/ajprd.v8i3.744

Keywords:

Coronaviridae, Nidovirale, management of stroke, situated patients, allopathic treatment.

Abstract

Background: The outbreak of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared a pandemic by the WHO on March 11th of 2020. Novel Coronavirus infection mediated pandemic started in China in December 2019 and is still killing 1000s of people throughout the world. The second most populous country, India too is fighting against this infectious disease. The country is taking effective measures to curb the pandemic by exerting extensive campaigning on sanitation and strict social distancing measures to quell the explosion of the infection rate.

 Treatment: No drugs are currently approved for Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19), although some have been tried. In view of recent studies and discussion on tested drugs on COVID-19 patients of India, I aimed to review existing literature and relevant websites regarding these drugs used in India including allopathic, plasma therapy,Ayurvedic and homeopathic medication.

 

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Author Biographies

Pawan Kumar Mahawar, Kota College of Pharmacy, Kota-Rajasthan, India

Kota College of Pharmacy, Kota-Rajasthan, India

Abhay Sharma, Kota College of Pharmacy, Kota, Rajasthan, India

Kota College of Pharmacy, Kota, Rajasthan, India

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Published

2020-06-15

How to Cite

Mahawar, P. K., & Sharma, A. (2020). A Review on 2019-nCoV (SARS-CoV-2) in India. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Development, 8(3), 135–142. https://doi.org/10.22270/ajprd.v8i3.744