Suprakash Chaudhury¹* and Tahoora Ali²

¹Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry, Dr D Y Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr D Y Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune, India
²Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Medical College and Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India

*Corresponding Author: Suprakash Chaudhury, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry, Dr D Y Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr D Y Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune, India.

Received: August 04, 2025; Published: August 07, 2025

Abstract

Ever since the pandemic in 2020, there has been one doubt that has puzzled people globally: when is the next wave? The ripples created by the unprecedented crises it brought about persist long after its apparent departure, and the fear that it will once again upend nations and bring societies to a halt haunts us constantly. Like all viruses, SARS-CoV-2 undergoes mutations that result in new variants. It has a single-stranded RNA genome comprising 29,800–29,900 base pairs, making it one of the largest RNA viruses. Its genetic material shares approximately 80% similarity with the earlier SARS viruses, and 96% similarity with bat coronaviruses. Using this genetic code, the virus produces both structural and non-structural proteins, which are required for survival, replication, and infection.

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Citation

Citation: Suprakash Chaudhury and Tahoora Ali. “The Continuing Scourge of COVID-19".Acta Scientific Neurology 8.9 (2025): 01-02.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2025 Suprakash Chaudhury and Tahoora Ali. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.