TY - JOUR AU - Nishat Zafar AU - Muhammad Aslam AU - Ashiq Ali AU - Aisha Khatoon AU - Abdul Nazir AU - Qaisar Tanveer AU - Muhammad Bilal AU - Rabia Kanwar AU - Azka Qadeer AU - Muhammad Sikandar AU - Abdullah Zafar PY - 2020/11/05 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Probiotics: Helpful for the prevention of COVID-19? JF - Biomedical Research and Therapy JA - BMRAT VL - 7 IS - 11 SE - Review DO - 10.15419/bmrat.v7i11.646 UR - http://bmrat.org/index.php/BMRAT/article/view/646 AB - Up to now, no vaccine has been developed for COVID-19 treatment. Although many scientists are working for the rapid development of a vaccine to control this pandemic, nonetheless, it will take time. If the vaccine will be developed soon, it will not be available to the entire world instantly since the mass production of the vaccine will take time. In this scenario, we will have to take alternative measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic. These alternative approaches include the stimulation of the immune system to fight against viral infections. Among the different approaches to strengthen the immune system, the use of probiotics is the best one. Probiotics can help the body to fight against COVID-19 directly and indirectly. In this review, we comprehensively discuss the use of probiotics for the prevention and control of COVID-19. ER -