Biomedicine

Abstract

Coronaviruses first develop in animals before being transmitted to humans and so they are zoonotic. COVID-19 has not been definitively linked to a specific animal. It is believed that the virus may have been passed from bats to another animal either snakes or pangolins and then transmitted to humans. This transmission likely occurred in the open food market in Wuhan, China. Even though the virus can have severe effects on people now, experts opine that this can diminish over time as our immune systems adapt. As on date, India's total coronavirus cases near 50-lakh mark with nearly 80,000 fatalities, more than 37 lakh people have recovered after getting infected in the country.