Introduction:

coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that had already been documented as causing colds and serious illnesses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002 and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in 2012. On December 2019, in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, a new disease caused by a coronavirus belonging to the β-coronavirus family originated, which was later named SARS-CoV-2.

Objective:

to inform the medical community of the City of Santa Clara, Province of Villa Clara, Cuba and the world about the published topics that deal with the most relevant aspects of the disease.

Method:

a bibliographic review was carried out in different databases, both in English and Spanish.

Conclusions:

there is no specific, effective and proven drug for the treatment of COVID-19. The most valuable scientific evidence currently available that works is measures to prevent the spread of this infection.

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