demic is a matter of urgency. Here, we focus on advances in research and development of fast diagnosis methods, as well as potential prophylactics and therapeutics to prevent or treat 2019-nCoV infection.

Coronaviruses (CoVs), which are enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses of zoonotic origin and belong to the family Coronaviridae in the order Nidovirales, are divided into four genera: alpha, beta, delta and gamma coronavirus. The e