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Coronavirus, a virus that has led us to a global pandemic infecting more than 10 million people and killing more than half a million people worldwide. It has affected almost all the nations, be it a developing or developed country. Most people believe it to be a new virus but this virus was first found in the year 1965 from the nasal washing of a male child. The symptoms were typical to that of common cold and it wasn�t thought to be highly pathogenic till the SARS outbreak in 2002-03. The virus has the largest genomic single stranded RNA among all RNA Viruses. This particular strain of virus i.e. SARS-CoV-2 which causes COVID-19 is believed to be originated in the wet markets of Wuhan, China. The following review deals with the history of Coronavirus briefly and the outbreak of SARS - CoV (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) in 2002-03, MERS � CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) ten years later and finally about COVID-19 and it�s mode of transmission, diagnosis and treatment.