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Corona virus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious
disease caused by a newly discovered corona virus. The disease primarily
transmitted between people through respiratory droplets and through contact.
The cases were imported from other nations. Travel and other restrictions were
imposed. India also announced lockdown. The foreign returnees, attendees of
Nizamuddin Markaz and their contacts were quarantined. The containment zones
were created, and surveillance activities were carried out. Awareness about
hygiene practices was created among the people through advertisement. In hot
spots or cluster areas all symptomatic will be tested by reverse transcriptase
polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) within 7 days of illness and antibody test
after 7 days of illness. People tested positive will remain to be hospitalized
till 2 of their samples were tested negative. In patients with severe disease
and requiring intensive Care Unit (ICU) management hydroxychloroquine in
combination with azithromycin is used. Webinar trainings were conducted for
physicians, nurses and other administrative staff. Guidelines to tackle new
corona virus disease were released. BCG vaccine and other corona virus
infections might have built immune response in Indian populations. Several
vaccines are under trails. India is manufacturing face masks, ventilators, hand
sanitizers, testing kit on a war mode. Pals Plush India Private Limited in
Andhra Pradesh is manufacturing Personal Protective equipments (PPEs). Aarogya
setu app, a blue touch based COVID19 tracker app was launched. PM cares fund is
raised through donations. Relief package is released for the poor under various
central government schemes. For below poverty line families, many states
governments are delivering essential commodities for free for a month and money
is deposited into their accounts. The Indian government has also aggressively
stepped up the response measures to find, isolate, test, treat and trace.
Karnataka state wants to replicate South Korean’s model of 3Ts- trace, test and
treat. India is looking for exit of lockdown in a staged manner.
Keywords: Corona virus
disease (COVID-19), Quarantine, Lockdown, Containment, rRT-PCR, Antibody test,
Trace, Hydroxychloroquine, PPEs, Aarogya setu app, Relief package
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