Abstract

Rasika Dnyandeo Bhalke*, Mahendra Ashok Giri, Sanket Sitaram Bawake, Shruti Narayan Khokale, Swapnil Anil Dawkhar, K. Vanitha Prakash and Sanjay B. Kasture

ABSTRACT

COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 19) is a highly transmittable and pathogenic viral infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which emerged in Wuhan, China and spread around the world. There were continuous rise in number of COVID-19 cases worldwide which further declared as pandemic situation by WHO to the world. On 16 may 2021 more than 17,175,658 active cases were present in world. In this review we discussed about epidemiological characteristics, pathophysiology, diagnostics method, available treatment measures, still there is no specific treatment available for COVID-19. Also we discussed preventive measures including various Vaccine development strategies which are been used in the development of COVID-19 vaccine along with vaccine candidates.