eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Microbiological Research 2328-4137 2020-05-11 8 2 57 62 10.12691/ajmr-8-2-3 AJMR2020823 article Ahasan Ullah Khan 1 Arnika Afrin Proma 2 Margia Akter 3 Md. Matiur Rahaman 4 Shobhan Das shobhan98@yahoo.com 5 Faculty of Agriculture, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet 3100, Bangladesh Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, Sylhet 3100, Bangladesh Faculty of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet 3100, Bangladesh Department of Analysis and Design of Social Protection System, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh The viral diseases are a malign condition in the world from 2001 to 2020. The human novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was an initial identification in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The major objective is to critically review the present situation of coronavirus in the world. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) in 2001, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in 2012 and the COVID-19 in 2019 had serious effects in human life in China, Saudi Arabia, and China, respectively. The COVID-19 is a highly mutated virus for the human population in 2020. This review study reveals the host of the virus, history, characteristics, preventive measure, treatment, effects and the epidemic situation in the world. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmr/8/2/3/ajmr-8-2-3.pdf COVID-19 history epidemic control treatment