Authors
Dr Rajeev Aravindakshan1, Dr Desham Chelimela2
1Additional Professor, Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh
2Senior Resident, Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh
Abstract
Independent India did not face any ravaging pandemic after the Spanish flu in 1918. COVID-19 which is affecting almost all the countries in the world in similar fashion has also hit India, owing to its international participation in trade, travel and economy. Each country has designed its own way to handle the pandemic. India has chosen lockdown as a first and foremost measure to combat the rapid human to human transmission of newer virus. Though it appears a very harsh measure to a majority of Indians, it indeed is a necessary and essential step to avert massive mortality due to COVID-19.
Keywords: COVID-19, Pandemic, Lockdown, Doubling time, Herd immunity