The review of COVID-19 and the current progress in intervention and diagnostics

¹ Xinxiang Medical University, China
² Shanghai Pinghe School, China
³ Changchun University of Science and Technology, School of Life Science and Technology, China
⁴ Nanjing Jinling Highschool, International Department, China

^† These authors contributed equally.
^* Corresponding author: Liwei Guo 2019003150@mails.cust.edu.cn

Abstract

COVID-19 was first reported in Wuhan city of Hubei Province of China in December 2019, becoming a pandemic declared by the world health organization. This article is a review of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). It typically informs the genome structure of the SARS-CoV-2 and its pathogenic mechanisms, concludes a series of non-pharmaceutical control methods, and focuses on several testing measures. The inventions of the disease treatments remain an important challenge to all medical institutions while a series of medications have been brought to the public.