Clinical Characteristics of Hospitalized Patients with SARS-CoV-2 and Hepatitis B Virus Co-infection

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 infection was first detected in Wuhan, China in late December 2019. The virus was spreading rapidly to other cities of China and accumulating cases had been reported (Li et al. 2020). On March 11, 2020, WHO declared the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 as a pandemic. As of June 28, around 10 million COVID-19 cases have been reported in 216 countries or territories and the worldwide death toll has passed 490,000 according to data from WHO (https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019). Until now, there is no effective drug or vaccine available against SARS-Cov-2 infection.