• Investigating the Outbreak, Control, and Prevention Aspects of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Arezoo Hassani,1 Golnaz Asaadi Tehrani,2,* Sina Mirza Ahmadi,3
    1. Msc of Molecular Genetic Department of Genetics, Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran
    2. Assistant professor of Molecular Genetics, Department of Genetics, Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran.
    3. Assistant professor of Molecular Genetics Department of Genetics, Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran.


  • Introduction: A new virus from the coronavirus family has been endangering human society and other animals since late 2019. Concerns regarding the new coronavirus, or Covid-19, are that the globe is facing a deadly coronavirus epidemic for the third time in less than two decades. The goal of this study was to learn more about the disease's prevalence, control, and prevention.
  • Methods: This is a review that was conducted by searching PubMed and Google Scholar for the terms COVID-19 and New Coronavirus 2019. To get background information, a free search on the Google search engine is employed.
  • Results: The Covid 19 virus is transmitted through respiratory droplets and direct contact with virus-containing mucus, according to the study. One of the causes of the uncontrollable and surprising prevalence of this infection is the high incubation period and the way of transition in these asymptomatic periods, or mild symptoms or before starting the disease. According to the studies, the symptoms of the virus are severe in people with chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic respiratory diseases, and also the severity of the virus infection increases with age and no definitive cure has been found for it. According to the recent publications, the virus will not be entirely controlled in the next years, and 40-70 % of the world's population will be infected. Covid-19 is probably to be a new seasonal infection, according to most epidemiologists.
  • Conclusion: The outcomes showed that the coronavirus epidemic can be prevented by considering the methods of prevention and management of factors affecting its transmission. It should be noted that the proposed ways to certain cures of this disease are still being researched and tested. Currently, the only way to control coronavirus 19 is to have good personal hygiene, increase immunity and avoid being in crowded places, social distance, and finally vaccination.
  • Keywords: Covid-19, coronavirus epidemic, immunity system