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Aim: To assess the neurological and mental health responses to pandemic Covid-19. Study design: Cohort study Place and duration of study: Department of Medicine, Chandka Medical College Hospital Larkana and Department of Medicine, Khairpur Medical College Hospital Khairpur Mir's from 1st October 2021 to 31st March 2022. Methodology: Two hundred patients who suffered Covid-19 infection and 200 who had any other life event except Covid-19 were enrolled. All patients who were above 18 years of age and were positive for Covid-19 through reverse transcriptase PCR were included in the study.Global Psych trauma Screening was done by enlisting twenty-two items which assessed trauma related symptoms while five items only assessed the factors increasing risks. Result(s): There were 112 (56%) females and 88 (44%) males in Covid-19 patients and 150 (75%) females and 50 (25%) males in non-Covid patients. The mean age of the Covid-19 patients was 49.65+/-15.5 year while of non Covid patients was 39.02+/-12.01 years. A significant increase in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) cases probability was noted in the Covid-19 cases than non Covid-19 related events. Neurological responses showed that patients who had suffered from Covid 19 infections had a generalized weakness with hyposmia formation. Conclusion(s): Covid-19 is related with high level of depression, anxiety, hyposmia and other mental and neurological responses. Copyright © 2022 Lahore Medical And Dental College. All rights reserved.
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The COVID-19 pandemic started in early December 2019. It appeared first time in People Republic of China and spread worldwide infecting more than 50 million people till today. The disease caused more than one million deaths worldwide and still the threat is present. The acute pneumonia resulting in severe respiratory syndromes are typical symptoms of novel coronavirus. End of the COVID-19 pandemic is unpredictable. In this project, development of vaccine and early diagnosis of the disease is proposed. Currently, there is no proper vaccine for this disease. However, preventive measures are the only solutions for this typical disease. The origin of COVID-19 can be traced back to bat coronavirus, where it is almost to 97% identical to existing strains. However, due to unique furin cleavage site the novel human coronavirus is spreading at alarming rate. This article is discusses the history, classification, characterization and epidemics of viruses especially the coronaviruses. © 2020 Textile Bioengineering and Informatics Society.