A review on current therapeutic options for COVID-19

ABSTRACT

The world is ravaged by SARS-CoV-2 infection with more than 45 million cases and 1 million deaths worldwide. And the rate of infection is nowhere appears to slow down. This unprecedented magnitude of pandemic in recent times pushed the world into a state of despair. Currently no treatment is approved and most of the choices are under clinical trials. All the treatment options have to pass through the rigorous studies to get approved. This must take a very long time. In this article, we are evaluating some of the therapeutic options available currently to tackle the COVID-19 at least until a definite treatment or vaccine is available. And we tried to present the differences between flu and COVID-19 and also the past Coronavirus epidemics versus the COVID-19.