The epidemiology and therapeutic options for the COVID-19

An outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a disease caused by novel pneumonia virus, has affected over 200 countries and regions worldwide With the increasing quantity of patients and deaths, WHO declared it as a global pandemic currently, indicating the third large-scale epidemic coronavirus has appeared since the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in the twenty-first century Considering its great harm, researchers throughout the world have been chasing to exploit the pathophysiology, characteristics and potential remedies of COVID-19 for better battling the outbreak Therefore, the current study has revisited advances of the virology, epidemiology, clinical features, therapeutic options and prevention of COVID-19 Also note that the features of asymptomatic carriers have also been explored