Can Zinc Be an Option for Prevention of Corona Virus Disease 2019?

Jamshid Roozbeh, Mohammad Hossein Imanieh, Soheil Ashkani Esfahani

Abstract


Dear Editor,
The pandemic outbreak of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID‑19) claiming thousands of lives since the last months of 2019, globally, has changed the face of the world, visions and expectations from the medical
facilities, and up to now there is no definite treatment or vaccine for the infection.

Keywords


Zinc; Prevention; COVID-19

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