Abbreviations
2019-nCoV or COVID-19 Novel coronavirus
CDC Center for Disease Control and Prevention
MERS Middle East respiratory syndrome
SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndromes
TCM Traditional Chinese Medicine
TDF Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate
WHO World Health Organization

Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the editorial office of the GHRP journal for facilitating the review and publication process. Special thanks to Dr. Hao Li for his insightful comments and support in editing the language.

Authors’ contributions
Zhu HB wrote the manuscript. Wei L and Niu P provided advice in the design and comments for improvement. The authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.