In late November 2019, a serious form of pulmonary illness originated in Wuhan City (Hubei province, China) an engulfed a majority of the world. This pneumonia outbreak was attributed to a novel coronavirus, a lipid-enveloped RNA virus, which was named by the International Committee on Taxonomy of viruses severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2). The disease caused by the virus was termed coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19).