Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 has been marked as a highly pathogenic coronavirus of COVID-19 disease into the human population, causing over 5.5 million confirmed cases worldwide. As COVID-19 has posed a global threat with significant human casualties and severe economic losses, there is a pressing demand to further understand the current situation and develop rational strategies to contain the drastic spread of the virus. Although there are no specific antiviral therapies that have proven effective in randomized clinical trials, currently, the rapid detection technology along with several promising therapeutics for COVID-19 have mitigated its drastic transmission. Besides, global institutions and corporations have commenced to parse out effective vaccines for the prevention of COVID-19. Herein, the present review will give exhaustive details of extensive researches concerning the drug discovery and therapeutic options for COVID-19 as well as some insightful discussions of the status of COVID-19.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 4-23 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 4 Jul 2020 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright 2020 Shenyang Pharmaceutical University. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.Keywords
- Coronavirus
- COVID-19
- Drug discovery
- Precise prevention and control
- SARS-CoV-2
- Vaccine development