Effective Strategies for Preventing and Treating Coronavirus

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread has developed into a worldwide health disaster and achieved pandemic status. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) stands as a substantial international danger with more than 8 million infections and 425,000 fatalities reported during its first six months of global transmission.
Highly pathogenic strains such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have caused human coronaviruses (HCoVs) to attract growing attention during the last 14 years. Doctors and scientists have yet to discover a definitive cure or vaccine for COVID-19. A number of vaccines and treatments remain in preclinical or early-stage clinical trials but several have demonstrated potential in managing the infection. This article explores prevention methods and treatment strategies for human coronaviruses along with promising vaccines and their therapeutic options while examining challenges and alternative COVID-19 treatment strategies.