Highlights • The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 has rapidly become a global pandemic. • There is no clinically approved antiviral therapy or vaccines for the disease. • We discuss the types, characteristics, and shortcomings of each antiviral medicine on SARS-CoV-2 infection. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly become a global pandemic. Up to now, numerous medicines have been applied or approved for the prevention and control of the virus infection. However, the efficiency of each medicine or combination is completely different or still unknown. In this review, we discuss the types, characteristics, antiviral mechanisms, and shortcomings of recommended candidate medicines for SARS-CoV-2 infection, as well as perspectives of the drugs for the disease treatment, which may provide a theoretical basis for drug screening and application.
【저자키워드】 Antiviral, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Medicine, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (2019 novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2), Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (2019 novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2), 【초록키워드】 COVID-19, Treatment, SARS-CoV-2, antiviral therapy, Vaccine, coronavirus, SARS-COV-2 infection, Drug screening, drug, global pandemic, Characteristics, Corona, mechanisms, virus infection, Combination, Efficiency, acute respiratory syndrome, Perspective, antiviral medicine, caused, clinically, the disease, approved, applied, 【제목키워드】 SARS-COV-2 infection, Traditional Chinese medicine, mechanism,