Diagnosis of COVID-19 in symptomatic patients: An updated review
A group of pneumonia patients was detected in Hubei Province, in China in December
2019. The etiology of the disease was unknown. Later, the researchers diagnosed the novel
Coronavirus as the causal agent of this respiratory disease. On February 12th 2020, the
World Health Organization (WHO) officially named this disease Coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19). Consequently, the disease spread globally and became a pandemic. As there
is no specific treatment for the symptomatic patients and several vaccines are approved by …
2019. The etiology of the disease was unknown. Later, the researchers diagnosed the novel
Coronavirus as the causal agent of this respiratory disease. On February 12th 2020, the
World Health Organization (WHO) officially named this disease Coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19). Consequently, the disease spread globally and became a pandemic. As there
is no specific treatment for the symptomatic patients and several vaccines are approved by …