Author(s)

Eswar Kumar Adoni Valmiki^*, Reethi Yadlapalli, Terry Oroszi

Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA.

The novel coronavirus is a group of viruses with genetic material inside and surrounded by a lipid layer and protein spikes. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the official name given by the World Health Organization (WHO). SARS-CoV-2 erupted from Wuhan, China, in 2019. By May 2020, COVID-19 was ubiquitous, infected millions of people on this planet, and became the worst outbreak of this disastrous pandemic. The pandemic’s impact such as a high mortality rate and economic imbalance. Random viruses constantly affect humans’ and animals’ health like severe acute respiratory syndrome. SARS COVID 2 followed. However, initially, coronavirus was identified in 2019. COVID-19 affected several sectors: transportation, health care, education, tourism, food sector, unemployment, trading, agriculture, sports, pharmaceutical industries, and global poverty.

COVID-19, Pandemic, Virus, Vaccine, Symptoms, Prevention, Impact

Adoni Valmiki, E. , Yadlapalli, R. and Oroszi, T. (2022) Global Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Health, 14, 788-809. doi: 10.4236/health.2022.147057.