COVID-19 Pandemic: A Remedial Measure Through Convalescent Serum

Authors

  • Shahzada Nadeem Abbas Department of Biology
  • Umber Rauf Veterinary research institute
  • Afshan Saleem Department of chemistry/UET Lahore
  • Natasha Saleem Department Zoology LCWU
  • Tayyba Basheer Government College University Lahore
  • Sidra Yaseen Department Zoology LCWU
  • Nida Irfan Department Zoology LCWU
  • Asif Naushad Department of Physical Health Education, PU Lahore

Abstract

An acute respiratory syndrome Corona Virus 2 has affected humanity throughout the world. Scientifically, Corona Virus 2 is known as SARS-COV-2 which is abbreviated as COVID-2019. China was the first victim of this outbreaks in December 2019 [1] which was later recognized as pandemic on March 11, 2020 by World Health Organization (WHO) [2,3]. At the time of this writing, about 8.75 million individuals of 188 countries [4] have been effected by COVID resulting in 463000 deaths primarily, corona virus communicates from one body to another body through close contacts via droplets produced by sneezing, coughing or taking by infected badly within a buffer zone of 3 to 6 feet [5,6,7]. These droplets fall onto a surface and can survive up to 72 hours [8]. Various studies have proved that droplets may travel up to 37 feet by an uncovered cough [9,10,11]. Corona virus is not an airborne, however it may transport through respiratory droplets during talking and breathing [12].

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2020-06-21

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Shahzada Nadeem Abbas, Umber Rauf, Afshan Saleem, Natasha Saleem, Tayyba Basheer, Sidra Yaseen, Nida Irfan, & Asif Naushad. (2020). COVID-19 Pandemic: A Remedial Measure Through Convalescent Serum . International Journal of Innovations in Science & Technology, 2(2), 46–50. Retrieved from https://journal.50sea.com/index.php/IJIST/article/view/23