COVID-19 AND HEALTH CHALLENGES DURING THE PANDEMIC

The word Coronavirus (CoV) is derived from ‘corona’ meaning in Latin ‘crown’. Which causes human respiratory tract infections. The present COVID 19 disease also called as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV-2 is an emerging global health threat. The global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has spread worldwide, affecting almost all countries. The outbreak was first observed in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The public care strategies have included hand washing, wearing face masks, physical distancing, and avoiding mass gathering and assemblies. Lockdown and staying home strategies have been put in place as the needed action to flatten the curve and control the transmission of the disease