Corona Disease Has Brought In New Challenges In Health Care Sector

Corona disease has brought in challenges, at individual level and society at large. more than ever before, clinical trial has generated a lot of interest during the times of Covid-19. All over the world, people are waiting to get a vaccine that can cure this dreaded disease or prevent it.

- Dr Sanjay Agrawal

Covid-19 is the greatest threat to human being around the world in the recent time. World Health Organization has given its official name as, the disease: coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and it causes by the virus - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). This deadly virus has been originated in December, 2019 and has outbreak in city, Wuhan.

Coronavirus is known to cause infections in animals but when infects a human it usually causes mild respiratory infections. Coronavirus can cause respiratory tract infections in humans, that can be mild like any flu infection but some coronavirus can cause deadly infections and it is very dangerous. In 2002–03, there was an outbreak of novel coronavirus called SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) related coronavirus in China and Hong Kong, which was then spread to other countries also. Since then, no further SARS reported from any regions.

In 2012-16, a new virus, called MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) virus spread in countries like Cyprus, the Asian part of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, the countries of the Arabian peninsula, Egypt and Libya. China claims that this Covid-19 has been originated from a bat species. However, it has not been proved scientifically yet. The virus is carried by aerosol droplets in the air, released from any infected person and enters the human body through the respiratory system (nose to lungs).