The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has been declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) owing to its caseload and the pace with which it has spread to different nations[1]. In fact, the available global estimates depict that till 16 March 2020, a total of 167511 cases of the disease have been detected, of which 48.4％ cases are from China alone[2]. The remaining 86434 cases have been reported from 151 different nations and territories[2].