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COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review through the Lens of 9-Month-based Knowledge and Brief Snapshots of

Context: Extreme acute respiratory syndrome The origin of coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is questioned in Wuhan, China's industrial region. Novel coronavirus 2 (NCV2) was first detected in December 2019, and the outbreak was declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 30 January 2020, officially called COVID-19 on 11 February 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. COVID-19 causes issues of varying severity and results in individuals around the world in physical and mental health.


Objective: This research has two objectives: 1) to perform a scoping analysis of the epidemiological pattern, clinical symptoms, therapeutics, diagnosis, and progress of vaccine production of COVID-19; and 2) to identify a case series of 10 consultants' mental and physical health effects of COVID-19 over the past 9 months, December to August 31, 2020, and conveniently selected by five family units.


Methods: To perform electronic searches of published literature, we used keywords and Boolean operators in the three largest COVID-19 databases and obtained daily updates from COVID-19 information centers, science papers, foreign and national academic and economic organizations, and numerous websites, helping to maintain 82 articles after iterative screening for this examination. Moreover, 10 cases and 5 family unit heads were digitally interviewed to determine the mental and physical health of all members of the family affected by COVID-19.


RESULTS: COVID-19 pandemic poses variable clinical manifestations and outcomes due to the immune system, age and sex of individuals, physical and mental comorbidities, and adversely affects the world population's biopsychosocial, cultural and economic fabrics. Basic precautions for COVID-19 prevention and non-specific drug treatments are reasonably successful with unconstant morbidity and mortality, and vaccine research trials (phase I-III) are ongoing worldwide. All individuals in case sequence, not corona-positive except one, had mental and physical health concerns of a broader nature that required integrated medical measures, whereas most members of the family unit were less affected by COVID-19 mentally or physically and improved with preventive precautions.


Conclusion: COVID-19 is a highly virulent disease associated with variable mental health issues, higher morbidity and mortality, extreme health organization pressures and worldwide economic downturn. While access to care was challenging, our case series and family members showed positive results overall. Knowledge on COVID-19 is constantly evolving and therefore further scoping reviews, randomized clinical trials and surveys are required in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Gulf countries concerning its multiple perspectives.



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