The Chemical Sciences' Advances on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Abstract

The novel β-coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which is presently a pandemic affecting numerous nations worldwide including a grim fatality of over 9 lakhs deaths till August, 2020. But even after the 9 months of the outbreak of this deadly disease, there is no particular medication or vaccine so far that can be recommended for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. Therefore, chemists are struggling to understand and dissect the viral structure of this SARS-CoV-2, unwind its pathogenesis and pinpoint its vaccines and therapies as well. In this current study, the author endeavor to sum up the ongoing advances of chemical sciences about COVID-19 focusing mainly on the developments of its therapeutics.