General Considerations and Adaptation in Pediatric Dental Setup During Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread rapidly across the world and has become a major health emergency in many countries around the globe. The virus was first detected in Wuhan, China, following an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown cause in December 2019, with most early cases of exposure to live animal market. On 31st December 2019, China announced the outbreak to the World Health Organization (WHO). On 30 th January 2020, WHO declared the latest outbreak of coronavirus as a public health emergency of international concern and then on March 11 th 2020 it was declared as a global pandemic. 1 COVID-19 is known to be caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-COV-2) virus.