**13. Future predictions of COVID-19**

The continuous emergence of different variants of SARS CoV-2 has shown us that this coronavirus has high replication potential than other RNA viruses, due to which with every transmission and spread, the rate of mutation increases. Though predicting the future of an ongoing pandemic can never be explained with confidence and surety, still, possible future scenarios of COVID-19 can be explained [96–99].


These future predictions of SARS CoV-2 virus spread and recurrence of COVID-19 will depend on one or all of these important facts: 1. Epidemiological tracking (updated data on continuous surveillance of the disease and its global spread); 2. Updated data on its pathogenicity, virulence, and variation in disease severity globally; 3. A continuous inflow of funds worldwide for more research in the development of efficient targeted therapies for COVID-19 [100].
