Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, School of Applied Sciences, Federal Polytechnic Ekowe, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
ARTICLE TYPE: Review
DOI :10.2016-19146535/ ; DOI Link :: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/10.2020-85722646/
Abstract:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus now referred to as severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which was first identified amid an outbreak of respiratory illness cases in Wuhan City, China. The rapid spread of COVID-19 was characterized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March, 2020. As of the time of submission, there were over 36 million confirmed global cases in 188 countries and territories. Around 27 million people had recovered while over one million deaths recorded. The United States, Brazil, and Mexico have been among the countries hardest hit by the pandemic. Currently, there is no dedicated treatment for this disease, due to its broad clinical spectrum. While vaccine and drug development studies are continuing all over the world, available antiviral drugs and clinical therapy options are tested against SARS-CoV-2. Moreover, inspired by previous experience, herbal remedies are considered one of the alternative approaches in the treatment of COVID-19. Some natural herbal compounds have demonstrated encouraging anti-viral properties. Hence, this review of the potency of known antiviral drugs and herbal remedies with proven safety records is a quicker, reliable and more efficient way of developing new drugs or vaccines to combat COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak worldwide.
Keywords: Herbal remedies, clinical therapy, COVID-19, Management, Pandemic, WHO.
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