Novel Coronavirus infections: a review

The novel Coronavirus disease has now spread all over the world over the last few months, and leads to
mortality especially in the elderly and the infants. Affection of the lower respiratory tract can lead to a lot
of severity. Some new therapeutic options have been devised for the disease, but a vaccine has yet not been
found. The disease was first reported in China but now the epicentre is in Europe.

Keywords: Coronavirus, Epidemic, Pandemic, Mortality, Real-time PCR.