During the current global pandemic of COVID 19, many of us are going through a lot of stress and worries which increases the cortisol hormone levels and is leading us towards a state of chronic stress with each day. COVID-19 is recognized worldwide as a major public health issue due to rapid human-to human transmission. The article summarizes existing knowledge and points out key outstanding research areas to understand inevitable stress due to pandemic and the effects on the body and mind they lead to. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel disease caused by the newly discovered coronavirus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus (CoV). After infection the need for quarantine, financial worry and fear of the many unknown things all lead to sleepless nights and act as a stressor to the human population existing on this planet today. The main clinical manifestation that leads to hospital admission is the coronavirus pneumonia [1]. COVID-19 in Wuhan has caused an outbreak and become a major public health issue in China and great concern from international community. Myocarditis and myocardial injury were suspected and may be considered as one of the leading causes for death of COVID-19 patients [2].

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