CXCL10 and congenital rubella syndrome: Ravaging SARS-CoV-2 infection typically results in overactivation of innate and adaptive immune responses, the term “cytokine release storm (CRS)”, which could be caused by various fatal infections, complications of malignant tumors, and autoimmune diseases, and characterized by elevations of various inflammatory cytokines, e.g. IL-6, IL-10, IL-8, and CXCL10 (7–13).