Satyendra K Tiwary MS,FICS,FMAS,FCLS is Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi, India. He has to his credit more than 80 publications in various national and international journals, including three chapters and one edited book. He has keen interest in academics and research with most of his research publications are on wounds, vascular surgery and phlebology. Vishwambhar Singh MBBS,MS (ENT) is Associate Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has to his credit around 25 publications in various national and international journals, including two books. His areas of interest are otology, deafness and tinnitus, including rural and tribal health. He is also working on the integration of modern medicine and Indian system of medicine.
<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">In the present times,when the whole world is facing a horrific pandemic of COVID-19, we were thinking that it may not reach us after its origin from Wuhan in China.Initial news from those areas did not make us feel that the situation here may also reach the stage of national lockdown. </span><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify; font-size: 1rem;">Then the news from Europe started coming and India too started gearing up for the same.And our preparation also started in smooth and big way to face the pandemic caused by novel coronavirus, probably a virus of origin from bats (?) or laboratory. The book is about COVID-19 and how we are facing it presently and what challenges we have to face. The authors are faculty members of one of the most reputed medical institutes in India with an attached tertiary care hospital.</span><br></p>
