COVID-19 Outbreak in India: Strategy to contain the pandemic Gupta Vaibhav*1, Goel Poonam2, Mohanty Vikrant3 1Senior Resident, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi– 110002 2Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology, ITS Dental College, Hospital and Research Institute, Muradnagar, Uttar Pradesh 3Associate Professor and Head of DepartmentDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences New Delhi - 110002 *Corresponding Author E-mail: monuvaibhav@gmail.com
Online published on 9 April, 2021. Abstract Novel Coronavirus initially proclaimed as the causal agent of pneumonia of unknown etiology in Wuhan city, China. The genome sequences have its place in subfamily corona virinae. The current epidemic status quo of corona virus disease-19 (COVID-19) still endured to be unadorned. Since December 2019, more than 20 lakh confirmed cases and more than 1.26 lakh deaths have been reported all around the world. Fatality rate of COVID-19 was found to be 0.09% to 9.84%. In spite of being the second most populous country, coronavirus infection rate in India is low relative to population size. Countries with early implementation of comprehensive public health measures like identification, testing and isolation of cases, contact tracing and quarantine of contacts, physical distancing and “shut downs” or “lock downs” have limited the spread of coronavirus. This review ensembles the disease surveillance around world and within Indian states. To authors knowledge this is the first draft edifying various successful effective models of Indian states to curb this menace. Collective effort by various sectors under the government supervision can help to fight the virus and flatten the curve. Top Keywords Quarantine, Lock Down, Distancing, Ncov-19, India, Pandemic. Top |