Covid-19 treatment approaches

Abstract

The sudden outbreak of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic lead to researchers working with rapid speed to prevent the further spread of the virus SARS-CoV-2. As of the 23rd July 2020, 298 treatments and 199 vaccines are under development. This thesis aims to summarize and give an overview of the present pre-clinical research and clinical trials of potential candidates for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines. The required information has been taken from online databases like PubMed, Science, Nature, PNAS and Cell. Papers included were published between December 2019 and July 2020. The current results indicate the most promising outcomes for dexamethasone as a treatment and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 as a vaccine. Further research is needed to identify safe and effective treatments and vaccines for COVID-19.