Approaches for prevention and environmental management of novel COVID-19
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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND THE EPIDEMICS OF COVID-19
Approaches for prevention and environmental management of novel COVID-19 Mohammad Tabish 1 & Aisha Khatoon 2 & Saad Alkahtani 3 & Abdullah Alkahtane 3 & Jawahir Alghamdi 3 & Syed Anees Ahmed 4 & Snober S Mir 5 & Gadah Albasher 3 & Rafa Almeer 3 & Nouf K. Al-Sultan 3 & Nada H. Aljarba 6 & Wedad Saeed Al-Qahtani 7 & Mohammed AL-Zharani 8 & Amit Kumar Nayak 9 & Md Saquib Hasnain 10 Received: 13 May 2020 / Accepted: 26 August 2020 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) recognized a novel coronavirus as the causative agent of a new form of pneumonia. It was subsequently named COVID-19 and reported as the source of a respiratory disease occurrence starting in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. It has been affirmed a public health emergency of international significance by the World Health Organization. It is regarded as a subset of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS); COVID-19 is triggered by a betacoronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, which affects the lower respiratory tract and occurs in humans as pneumonia. A variety of drugs, such as remdesivir and favipiravir, are currently undergoing clinical trials to evaluate for the management of COVID-19. The effect of the pandemic as well as the epidemic that follows through the life cycles of various recycled plastic is evaluated, particularly those required for personal safety and health care. In response to the growth in COVID-19 cases worldwide, the energy and environmental impacts of these lifecycle management have risen rapidly. However, significant hazardous waste management concerns arise due to the need to assure the elimination of residual pathogens in household and medical wastes. This review article summarizes the preventive and environmental management of COVID-19. Keywords Severe acute respiratory syndrome . Environment . Waste management . Novel coronavirus . COVID-19
Introduction Coronavirus belongs to a family of viruses that might cause various complications like pneumonia, fever, breathing
problems, and inflammation of the lungs. These viruses are prevalent worldwide in animals, but very few cases have been known to affect humans. The term novel coronavirus 2019 was coined by the World Health Organization (WHO). It
Responsible Editor: Lotfi Aleya * Saad Alkahtani [email protected]
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Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Integral Information and Research Centre-4 (IIRC-4), Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Integral University, Kursi Road, Lucknow 226026, India
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Biology Department, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Forensic Sciences, College of Criminal Justice, Naif Arab University of Security Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Biology, College of Science, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
* Md Saquib Hasnain [email protected] 1
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