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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first identified in China, December 2019 Since then, it has spread the length and breadth of the world at an unprecedented, alarming rate Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2, which causes COVID-19, has much in common with its closest homologs, SARS-CoV and Middle East respiratory syndrome-CoV The virus-host interaction of SARS-CoV-2 uses the same receptor, ACE2, which is similar to that of SARS-CoV, which spreads through the respiratory tract Patients with COVID-19 report symptoms including mild-to-severe fever, cough and fatigue;very few patients report gastrointestinal infections There are no specific antiviral strategies A few strong medications are under investigation, so we have to focus on proposals which ought to be taken to forestall this infection in a living host
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