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A previous unidentified coronavirus, currently referred to as the 2019 novel coronavirus, originated from Wuhan, China in late December 2019, resulting in a formidable outbreak in many Chinese cities and spreading worldwide The disease is formally known as Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19, February 11, 2020, by WHO) Coronaviruses (CoVs) are a wide family of single stranded, enveloped, zoonotic RNA viruses Corona virus causes respiratory infections including pneumonia, vomiting, sneezing and coughing while diarrhea and upper respiratory diseases occur in animals The corona virus was transmitted by airborne droplets to humans or humans to animals Corona virus enters human cell through exopeptidase receptor ACE-2 membrane Thus, the production of new CoV therapies as well as vaccinations are urgently required to help mitigate the spread of the virus from infected patients, thus minimizing the risk of any possible pandemic Our main goals are to highlight and describe the current knowledge about corona virus
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