COVID-19:THE NASCENT,SEEMINGLYINVINCIBLEFOE – A REVIEW PAPER

Oduwobi, O. O. &Alagamba, E.A.

Department of Science Laboratory Technology,

Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State.

^*E-mail: oludayo.oduwobi@federalpolyilaro.edu.ng

ABSTRACT

Corona virus (responsible for COVID-19 pandemic) which has been referred to as ‘the invisible enemy’ is currently ravaging the world and her economy; unleashing untold terror among the global citizens, its novelty notwithstanding. The pandemic has put scientists and researchers across the continents on the edge and the race to develop an effective vaccine in combating the scourge is still on. Various clinical studies and trials have been conducted but the pandemic seems to defy a solution. Unfortunately, there is still no effective anti-viral agent to curb the overwhelming menace. However, scientists are emerging with new facts and updating the global citizenry from time to time as to how to beat and manage the pandemic whilst staying alive. The WHO (global health watchdog) and the various CDC have been the people’s lifeline during this trying period; monitoring the events surrounding the pandemic by way of surveillance and rendering timely recommendations. COVID-19 is not a death wish but rather a necessary evil, amidst conspiracy theories, to challenge individuals’ innate immune systems. Medical personnel have been on the frontline, ensuring that the human race is not threatened into extinction in this unusual biological war. The attempt to discover an effective vaccine is still in top gear, with the superpowerscovertly in competition with one another in the race to emerge as the first to achieve this feat, in order to redeem the world from this catastrophic and unprecedented quagmire since the infamous Spanish flu.

Keywords: Pandemic, vaccine, novelty, conspiracy theories, unprecedented quagmire