Another decade has come up in the arrest of another deadly Coronavirus. On 31st December 2019, the WHO China Country Office was informed of pneumonia like cases of unknown etiology first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. This novel type of Coronavirus was isolated on 7th January 2020 following which China shared its genetic sequence on 12 January, 2020 globally for countries to use in developing specific diagnostic kits. The outbreak of novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was declared as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30th Jan, 2020 by WHO. Since, the entire human population is susceptible to coronavirus because no one has ever had it before—and there is no specific treatment like a vaccine, hence we need to seriously depend on infection control, such as washing hands, reducing contact with affected individuals and quarantines.

Keywords: Novel Coronavirus; Public Health Emergency; Epidemiology; Prevention Strategies.