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COVID 19 : A structural insight.

        Understand the problem, give it a thought ..and act accordingly to find a solution towards it.. This holds very much true in case of the recent  pandemic COVID-19.What started off as a unusual respiratory  infection, in late 2019 reported from Wuhan,China..has come on to affect 2,627,630 to date. The source of the infection identified as a novel coronavirus has emerged related to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ( SARS ).                                                                                  Similar to other coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-2 particles have a spherical structure and have proteins which have spike like structure protruding from their surfaces. Mechanism of action involves the protein spike like structures attach onto human cells, then undergo a structural changes that enables the viral membrane to fuse. And similar to any other virus, this new configuration enables the viruses to multiply. These spikes bind to receptors on the human cell surface