Preface

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented situation that impeded the physical and mental well-being of people globally. The expeditious discovery of vaccines and medication for decelerating the spread of SARS-CoV-2 catered to alleviating mortality rates. A comprehensive discussion on the pandemic and its impact on billions of lives has been done in part one of the two books. This part provides a meticulous overview of the COVID-19 pandemic. This book intends to collaboratively serve students, scientists and academicians from different academic areas such as science, humanities, economics; and even common masses. The collation of various heads in this book is based on contemporary needs and elaborately gives an insight into the pandemic, its impact on people’s lives, especially on women, the variations that it brought in the world, and the role of air quality in exacerbating the disease. Drug discovery and vaccination hesitancy-related challenges are also scrupulously described in this book. Authors from various eminent institutions have contributed to the book which makes it a valuable collection of information. Computational Drug Discovery against the pandemic, DFT studies and molecular docking, and drug repurposing for searching potential drug candidates are the highlights of the book. Special emphasis is laid on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women. The book vouches to provide a deep insight into the outbreak, epidemiology, immunology and management of SARS-CoV-2 and will be valuable for evolutionary biologists, pharmaceutical scientists and doctors. In essence, the book will supply a plethora of relevant information for degree students, research scholars, academicians, scientists and anyone who finds an interest in gathering information about the disease.