Affiliations 

  • 1 College of Pharmacy, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan/ School of Pharmacy, Hajvery University, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 2 School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, China
  • 3 Faculty of Biosciences, COMSATS University sub campus Sahiwal, Sahiwal, Pakistan
  • 4 Rashid Latif College of Pharmacy, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 5 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Green International University, Abu Umara Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 6 College of Pharmacy, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 7 Departmentof Homeopathy, Pakistan Homoeopath, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 8 Department of Pharmacy, Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 9 School of Chemical Engineering, Minhaj University, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 10 Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
Pak J Pharm Sci, 2021 Sep;34(5):1821-1836.
PMID: 34803021

Abstract

The COVID-19 epidemic is considered the most important health disaster of the century and the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II. In December 2019, a new respiratory disease/disorder was discovered in Wuhan, Hubei province, China and World Health Organization named it COVID-19 (coronavirus 2019). It has been diagnosed with a new class of corona virus, called SARS-CoV-2 (a serious respiratory disease). According to the history of human civilization it is affected by the incidence of disease outbreaks caused by the number of viruses. Covid-19 is rapidly spreading across the globe, due to which mankind faces major health, economic, environmental and social challenges. The outbreak of coronavirus is seriously affecting the global economy. Almost all nations have problems limiting the spread of the disease by screening and treating patients, setting up suspects by keeping in touch, blocking large gatherings, maintaining full or partial closure etc. This paper describes the impact of COVID-19 on society and the global environment, and the ways in which the disease is likely to be controlled have been discussed.

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