key: cord-0891425-omxspb6v
authors: Sahu, Kamal Kant; Lal, Amos; Mishra, Ajay Kumar
title: Latest updates on COVID‐2019: A changing paradigm shift
date: 2020-03-20
journal: J Med Virol
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.25760
sha: 6e92454cdbfc25083f2fc25945a6704beef1887d
doc_id: 891425
cord_uid: omxspb6v

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outbreak and its latest updates. Through this letter, we would like to mention a few additional comments that we believe would be beneficial for our readers. all these clinical trials would be helpful at a later date, when the study is over, data are assimilated, and only then results will be analyzed. Hence, the only immediate and most effective strategy available is to follow the conventional infection control techniques and social hygiene practices. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the CDC has actively involved its members and is regularly addressing various aspects of this outbreak and issuing guidelines. Unfortunately, during this crisis time, many rumors are being spread with regard to the modes of transmission, treatment, and so forth, which could potentially create a panic amongst the general public. To provide the most scientific and the latest information, WHO has initiated a special web page "myth busters" in which many common rumors are busted with logical explanations. 11

In conclusion, researchers, scientists, and treating physicians are relentlessly working with an attempt to decode the exact source of infection, modes of transmission, virus microbiological characteristics, most effective treatment strategy, and vaccine development. Currently, the situation with regard to SARS-CoV-2 is evolving dramatically and many latest updates are expected in the coming weeks.

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