How do the Government and More than 1.3 Billion People Stand Against the COVID-19 Pandemic in the World’s Largest Democratic Country? A Comprehensive Reflection from India, in a Public Health Perspective
| Autor: | Biju Soman, R. S. Shetty, L Aswathi Raj, T. Jasna, L. Ashok |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Economic growth Government business.industry Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Mortality rate Public health Toxicology Democracy Pathology and Forensic Medicine Political science Case fatality rate Pandemic Health care medicine Per capita business Law media_common |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. |
| ISSN: | 0973-9130 0973-9122 |
| DOI: | 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i2.14678 |
| Popis: | Background-Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which is caused by deadly novel corona virus has devastated the world causing a morbidity rate of more than 64 million and mortality rate of 1.5 million. India, being a Lower Middle-Income Country (LMIC) with a GNI per capita of nearly $2000, has proactively instituted various containment strategies. India has witnessed the effectiveness of primary prevention strategies in fighting various health problems in the years gone. The most worrying factor was about community spread of the pandemic, which would cause the spread of illness uncontrollable. Economic analysts had forecasted if appropriate strategy on containment of coronavirus is not initiated, the country would regress back to 20 years, in terms of economy and healthcare. This scoping review throws light into the efficacious preventive strategies adopted by India to fight COVID-19 pandemic and attempting to reduce mortality and morbidity rate, to flatten the illness curve. Methods-We used a wide range of scientific database and news reports to conduct an extensive review on India’s fight against COVID-19. Articles which has been published from January to November 2020 were reviewed and pooled the data to write this review. Conclusion-Containment strategies are the key for prevention of any contagious illness. COVID-19 being highly contagious, and infecting millions of populations, is successfully being controlled in India to reduce the cases. The Case Fatality Ratio (CFR) of COVID-19 is very low in India, compared to other countries. |
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