COVID-19: Current Status and Future Prospects

Dear Colleagues,

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, and the disease now affects nearly every country and region. Caused by SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 is nearly 18 months later continuing to present significant challenges to health systems and public health in both hemispheres, as well as the economies of each country. The morbidity and mortality of the infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 has been significant, and various waves of disease outbreaks initially overwhelmed many hospitals and clinics and continue to do so in many countries. This influences everyone, and public health countermeasures have been dramatic in terms of their impact on employment, social systems, and mental health.

This Special Issue follows on from the Special Issue “COVID-19: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives” and provides an avenue for authors from various disciplines to provide feedback on the response and our future preparedness around COVID-19 globally, as well as to disseminate critical information about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the associated COVID-19 pandemic. We are accepting submissions from around the world, but we are particularly interested in submissions featuring perspectives from the southern hemisphere.

The scope of the issue shall encompass the following:

• Original articles about COVID-19 (including epidemiology, modelling, clinical data, treatment, prevention, countermeasures, impact on tropical regions, vaccines, response, and preparedness);
• Original articles about SARS-CoV-2 (microbiology, virology, diagnosis, transmission, pathology, and vaccinology);
• Perspectives about COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 (comparisons with past coronavirus outbreaks, impactful local initiatives, novel responses and commentaries);
• Reviews on COVID-19 (based on systematic and narrative reviews);
• Innovations (vaccine development, drug trials, and other countermeasures).

Prof. Dr. Peter A. Leggat
Prof. Dr. John Frean
Prof. Dr. Lucille Blumberg
Guest Editors

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