8^th Pathology and Infectious Disease Conference

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The Novel Coronavirus disease is an infectious disease which is caused by a newly discovered coronavirus (COVID-19). In humans, coronaviruses cause respiratory tract infections which can range from mild (common cold) to lethal (SARS, MERS, and COVID-19) and it recovers without requiring any special treatment. This specific infectious disease can even found in birds and mammals. People with medical problems like chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases, and other chronic diseases and also in elder people are more likely to develop serious illness which can cause to death. At present, no specific treatment is there for this disease caused by a novel coronavirus.