Abstract
December 2019 is considered as an outbreak of a previouslyknown animal virus having some changes in its genetic material, in humans, now known as 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) or SARS-CoV-2which has mutated and became zoonotic in humans. It is assumed to be started from a popular wholesale Seafood market in Wuhan, Hubei, a city in China and spread all over the world in just two to three months and hence was declared as a Global Pandemic on 11th March, 2020 by WHO as it hadaffected more than one lakh people in about 110 different countries within very short time period. The virus is affecting primarily the respiratory system of humans and is spreading through the droplets of the infected human which comes out while sneezing or coughing.The incubation period which can be considered as the time period between infection and development of symptoms is considered as 2-14 days by WHO however it may vary from person to person and in few cases is known till 29 days also.1 Nothing much is known about this new virus and till now no treatment is available to cure the disease caused by Novel Coronavirus 2019 in humans. The present review is an attempt to collect the information regarding features, challenges, structure and possible treatment against this deadly Novel Coronavirus 2019.
Keywords: 2019 Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pandemic, Zoonotic, Seafood, WHO