Abstract
Emerging and reemerging viruses will always constitute a threat and a challenge to global public health. The emergence of a new type of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in December 2019 has spawned an epidemic that is currently underway resulting in more than 227,000 cases and more than 9,000 deaths. Despite the efforts made with the current epidemic and the past outbreaks (SARS and MERS) in the …