Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak: A comprehensive review of the current literature

Ullah, Hedayet; Ullah, Asad; Gul, Ayesha; Mousavi, Tahoora; Khan, Muhammad Waseem

doi:10.1016/j.vacun.2020.09.009

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“…A month after the first COVID-19 announcement, the WHO declared the disease outbreak as a global pandemic ( Ullah et al, 2020 ). The SARS-CoV-2 virus has caused threats to public health and resulted in a global travel shutdown all over the world, causing deaths that reached 2,271,180 and confirmed cases 104,370,550 (WHO 6-2–2021) ( Liu et al, 2020a ).…”

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“…Vaccines remain our first line of worldwide virus eradication, and they are limited by storage life and global availability. Hence, governments have applied drastic measures in their countries and required infected persons to be isolated at home, with only severe cases being hospitalized ( Kumar and Khodor, 2020 ; McAleer 2020 ; Ullah et al, 2020 ; Vellingiri et al, 2020 ).…”

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The Role of Indoor Plants in air Purification and Human Health in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Proposal for a Novel Line of Inquiry

El-Tanbouly

Hassan

El-Messeiry

2021

Front. Mol. Biosci.

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The last two decades have seen the discovery of novel retroviruses that have resulted in severe negative consequences for human health. In late 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged with a high transmission rate and severe effects on human health, with 5% infected persons requiring hospitalisation and 3.81 million deaths to date globally. Aerosol particles containing virions are considered the main source of SARS CoV-2 transmission in this pandemic, with increased infection rates in confined spaces. Consequently, public and private institutions had to institute mitigation measures including the use of facial masks and social distancing to limit the spread of the virus. Moreover, the role of air purification and bio-decontamination is understood as being essential to mitigate viral spread. Various techniques can be applied to bio-decontaminate the air such as the use of filtration and radiation; however, these methods are expensive and not feasible for home use. Another method of air purification is where indoor plants can purify the air by the removal of air pollutants and habituated airborne microbes. The use of indoor plants could prove to be a cost-efficient way of indoor air-purification that could be adapted for a variety of environments with no need for special requirements and can also add an aesthetic value that can have an indirect impact on human health. In this review, we discuss the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the currently used air purification methods, and we propose the use of indoor plants as a new possible eco-friendly tool for indoor air purification and for reducing the spread of COVID-19 in confined places.

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Section: The Emergence Of the Covid-19 Pandemicmentioning

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The Role of Indoor Plants in air Purification and Human Health in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Proposal for a Novel Line of Inquiry

El-Tanbouly

Hassan

El-Messeiry

2021

Front. Mol. Biosci.

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“…The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the prevention of COVID-19 transmission by maintain social distancing (at least 1 m) from any person by avoiding close contacts, hand hygiene (wash with soap or using alcohol-based hand sanitizers), and wearing PPE ( 15 , 16 ). The WHO also launched a number of online training courses and materials on COVID-19 in different languages to facilitate the preventive mechanisms, including increasing awareness and capacity building HCWs in preparation activities ( 17 ).…”

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Assessment of Knowledge and Practices Toward COVID-19 Prevention Among Healthcare Workers in Tigray, North Ethiopia

Gebremeskel

Kiros

Gesesew

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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Background: The incidence rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is increasing in several countries despite that public health measures are put in place. Given that COVID-19 is a newly emerging disease, there is little knowledge about the disease. The present study aims to assess knowledge, perception, and preventive practices toward COVID-19 among health workers in Tigray, North Ethiopia.Materials and Methods: A health facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted among health professionals working in public hospitals. Data were collected between April and May 2020. The researchers included 403 participants and recruited them via a simple random sampling technique. To collect data, the researchers prepared a structured questionnaire guided by the WHO survey questions. Data were entered into Epi-info 7 and exported to SPSS version 20.00 for analysis. The researchers applied descriptive and inferential statistical analyses. Tables and graphs were used to describe data, and multivariate binary logistic regression was used to determine factors affecting knowledge, perception, and practices toward COVID-19 prevention.Results: Among the participants, 79, 88, and 64.3% of them had adequate knowledge, positive perception, and good practice toward preventing COVID-19, respectively. Besides, 92% of the study participants knew that the COVID-19 virus does not have curative treatment and vaccine. The findings revealed that 55% of the respondents did not use the necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) at all times. The result showed that being female [AOR: 2.43, 95% CI (1.50–3.94)] and having a work experience of 2–5 years [AOR: 2.44, 95% CI (1.10–5.39)], news media as a source information [AOR: 7.11, 95% CI (3.07–16.49)], social media as a source information [AOR: 4.59, 95% CI (2.15–9.84)], and governmental website as a source information [AOR: 4.21, 95% CI (2.15–8.27)] were reported as protective factors; and being single [AOR: 0.15, 95% CI (0.03–0.75)] was reported as risk factor toward the prevention of COVID-19.Conclusion: Most health workers had adequate knowledge and positive attitude toward COVID-19; nevertheless, a significant proportion of health workers had poor practice toward the prevention of COVID-19, including the use of PPE. Additionally, some groups of health professional showed poor practices of implementing the public health measures, hence the call for them to improve in the prevention and control of COVID-19.

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“…The genres are named; Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta Coronaviruses [14]. Several human Coronaviruses (alpha-CoVs, HCoVs-NL63, beta-CoVs, HCoVs-OC43, HCoVs-229E, HCoVs-HKU1, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV and ARDS have been identified [15]. New versions of the Coronavirus will appear due to the large genomic potential, rapid mutation capabilities, high prevalence and wide distribution within the bird and animal kingdom.…”

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“…HCoVs-HKU1, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV and ARDS have been identified [15]. N sions of the Coronavirus will appear due to the large genomic potential, rapid m capabilities, high prevalence and wide distribution within the bird and animal k The emergence of CoVs is due to birds being able to carry this viral form and tr from area to area through flying and being capable of inhabiting in between [16,17].…”

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COVID-19 Vaccination: From Interesting Agent to the Patient

Daou

2021

Vaccines

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The vaccination for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) is undergoing its final stages of analysis and testing. It is an impressive feat under the circumstances that we are on the verge of a potential breakthrough vaccination. This will help reduce the stress for millions of people around the globe, helping to restore worldwide normalcy. In this review, the analysis looks into how the new branch of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) came into the forefront of the world like a pandemic. This review will break down the details of what COVID-19 is, the viral family it belongs to and its background of how this family of viruses alters bodily functions by attacking vital human respiratory organs, the circulatory system, the central nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract. This review also looks at the process a new drug analogue undergoes, from (i) being a promising lead compound to (ii) being released into the market, from the drug development and discovery stage right through to FDA approval and aftermarket research. This review also addresses viable reasoning as to why the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine may have taken much less time than normal in order for it to be released for use.

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Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak: A comprehensive review of the current literature

Cited by 25 publications

References 33 publications

The Role of Indoor Plants in air Purification and Human Health in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Proposal for a Novel Line of Inquiry

The Role of Indoor Plants in air Purification and Human Health in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Proposal for a Novel Line of Inquiry

Assessment of Knowledge and Practices Toward COVID-19 Prevention Among Healthcare Workers in Tigray, North Ethiopia

COVID-19 Vaccination: From Interesting Agent to the Patient

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