Prospects of nanotechnology as a tool to mitigate COVID-19

The epidemic of acute respiratory infection of coronavirus as COVID-19 has shaken up the world. At the time of writing on 15th September 2020 213 nations all around the globe have reported a total of 32,755,000confirmed cases of coronavirus COVID-19 that originated from Wuhan, China, with a death toll of 4.7 million deaths? The corona epidemic has posed a serious threat to the existence of mankind with global pressure on healthcare sectors. None of the aspects of the existence of societies is unaffected by COVID-19, be it jobs, industries, economy, education, societal, research sector, with rapidly mounting death tolls being a wake-up call for global health. It is very much necessary for the mankind that whole of the scientific world come together with new methods, technologies, medicines and vaccines to curb the spread of this deadly disease. Currently, there is no precise and accurate treatment method available for COVID-19, but a wide range of studies are going on exploring all the possible antiviral solutions. Meanwhile among various fields of science and technology nanotechnology has great potential and can play an important role by providing effective solutions for diagnosis, detection, sensing, treatment and protection against COVID-19. The nanoscale and large surface area of nanoparticles can be very effective in various stages of coronavirus treatment. The article aims to highlight the major prospective contributions and solutions that nanotechnology can fetch to alleviate the chronic COVID-19 pandemic. © 2021, Rasayan Journal of Chemistry, c/o Dr. Pratima Sharma. All rights reserved.