s nCovid-19 in 2020: From Despair to Hope

Outbreak mentioned in China in December 2019 has spread rapidly across 220 countries infecting more than 6.8 million people and killing nearly about 0.4 million people across the world and is declared as ‘pandemic’ by WHO. In this perspective, authors have presented a brief overview of Covid- 19 from its origin to transmission and the measures to be taken to restrict the outbreak of this evil virus. Medical diagnosis offers some promising drug combinations for treating the infected patients effectively, although with some side effects. Research is currently in progress, giving us the hope of getting a viable and safe vaccine.