The World Health Organization (WHO), China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown aetiology in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, on 31 December 2019 . A novel coronavirus currently termed SARS-COV-2 was officially announced as the causative agent by Chinese authorities on 7 January 2020. As on 24 April 2020 the World Health Organization reported 2544792 confirmed cases globally . This novel corona virus has been designated as SARS-CoV-2.