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GLOBAL PREVALENCE OF COVID-19: A HOPE ON EMERGING TREATMENT OPTIONS & RESEARCH

Jasreen Uppal, Gurpreet Singh, Preet Mohinder Singh Bedi and Divya Dhawal Bhandari*

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Background: Corona virus pandemic is at present a global public health emergency. Starting from China, Italy, America, now it is escalating worldwide. Foremost with individual case and now with 43, 55,456+ cases, this virus is travelling across every region of the world. Due to the dearth of proficient and peculiar treatments, drug repurposing is expected to be the most suitable way to look for analeptic solution. Objective: There are many reports which showed the role of various existing drugs in different viral conditions, Evidence about the worth of those drugs in COVID-19 infection is very limited. This systematically evaluated review intends to abridge on hand evidences concerning to the treatment of corona virus infection and how this novel virus is affecting patients undergoing other diseases. Methods: The desired and encouraging testifying items for systematically evaluated reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) standards were opted. A literature exploration was accomplished utilizing to locate articles for the present scenario and treatment for COVID-19 affected persons. Results: We have appended 32 publications in this systematically evaluated review. Each of the articles refer to the role of already existing drugs in restricting the contagion with SARS-CoV-2 and how this novel virus is affecting patients undergoing other diseases. Conclusions: There are clinical evidences of usefulness of previously existing medications in patients who are getting infected by COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19, Management, Coronavirus, Worldwide, SARS-CoV-2.