Author:
Paul Shreyasi,Paul Shubhadip
Abstract
Abstract
In the last several months, “Co ronavi rus D isease 2019 ” (COVID-19) has intensified to a global pandemic at an abnormal rate. This pandemic of COVID-19 has disclosed major flaws in our abilities to attenuate spreading of contagious viral disease providing treatment for patients, leading to crisis in public health. Various Clinical views are discussed, considering the mitigation tactics and scope for novel biomaterials involved in treatment strategies, diagnostics and surface coatings for deactivation of virus. Call for multidisciplinary approaches in disease detection and management by biomaterials community are expected to play a vital role to combat the challenges of present and future outbreaks.
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