ROLE OF YOGA IN PREVENTING CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19)

Abstract: There is no specific treatment of newly detected coronavirus available in the world but the risk of coronavirus disease may be reduce through enhancing the immunity system of the body. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a more serious and fatal disease caused by a coronavirus discovered in the year 2019 in Wuhan. Coronavirus is a mild to severe respiratory illness and more five lakhs people lost their life around the world. Yoga is an ancient Indian practice that has been utilized in several ways, for several reasons, between many groups of people for centuries. Yoga has multiple physical, mental and spiritual benefits and holds that the influence of the mind on body is far more powerful than the influence of body on mind.

Keywords: Immunity, Yoga practice, virus, Severity, immunity, disease