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Recently, the novel coronavirus named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has caused huge panic and concern from public health viewpoint all over the world. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak was first originated from the patients with pneumonia in Wuhan city, China, on 31 December 2019 . Until 17 February 2020, more than 71000 cases and 1770 deaths have been recorded. It is well-known that human-to-human transmission and direct or indirect contact with respiratory droplets or fomites of the infected persons is the most important route of the coronavirus transmission, and to date the faecal-oral transmission is excluded. However, close relation with infected animals and consumption of contaminated food with biological fluids of infected hosts are possible sources of zoonotic viral infections