![]() ![]() Covid-19 cases are reported in more than 200 countries in the world. Since the declaration of the Covid-19 outbreak on 31 December 2019, the 17 of July 2020 global number of cases has surpassed the thirteen million mark and the continental statistics are presented in Table 1. The novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus - 2), has been reported as the pathogen involved in the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak which was later reported as Covid-19 pandemic by the World Health Organization ( Lai et al., 2020 Mahdy, 2020). The viral disease was first identified in the hospitalized patients at the city of Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei Province ( Zhu et al., 2020 Chauhan, 2020). After the first reported case, the disease has since spread throughout the globe, resulting in the ongoing 2019 – 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Keywords | Covid-19, Food security, Livestock industry, Public health, Pandemic Lessons from past epidemics showed that these disruptions may grow along with their dire socio-economic consequences. Since total and immediate eradication of Covid-19 is yet to be actualized, effort was made to provide the way forward that can be taken to protect the livestock sector, its activities, services, and products upon which the world relies. The main aim of this review is to summarize recent discoveries related to Covid-19 and how it affects the livestock industry. Even though the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the extent of these effect on the livestock sector are still largely unquantified and yet to be fully felt, formal assessments are yet to commence. The immediate observations showed the disruptions of the livestock chains. However, governments, policy and decision makers, and the global community must also recognize and attempt to mitigate the current and potential negative impacts of the pandemic on major sectors that contribute to food security, nutrition, and livelihoods. The livestock sector is a major contributor to these areas, especially for the world’s most vulnerable populations. Abstract | The Covid-19 pandemic is causing many radical changes in the circadian rhythm of people around the world and it represents an unprecedented emergency with a grave societal threat. The protection of public health has become a priority. ![]()
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