Abstract

In early 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID 19 is a Public health emergency, unfortunately till now we are unable to find out the treatment. However, various precaution measures recommended by the WHO, which somehow control this infection but still this deadly situation exits which continuously killing the humanity worldwide. This infection is much more serious in patient who are having low immunity, hence the use of immunity booster such as antioxidant especially vitamin C and D may be counteract this disease.

Keywords: Antioxidant; Vitamin C; Vitamin D; COVID 19; Clinical Study

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Citation

Citation: Vikash Kumar.,et al. “Role of Vitamin C and D in COVID-19".Acta Scientific Pharmacology 1.9 (2020): 25-27.

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