2021-10-01
The emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first reported in Wuhan, China, in 2019. Subsequently, the global outbreak of the novel virus was announced to be a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. The pandemic is popularly known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). SARS-CoV-2 is extremely virulent with a high rate of...