Open AccessThe Challenges and Successes of Dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic in India
Author(s) -
Juhi Sharma,
Divakar Sharma,
D. C. Tiwari,
Vaishali Vishwakarma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
research and reports in tropical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-7282
DOI - 10.2147/rrtm.s274673
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , vaccination , sanitation , middle east respiratory syndrome , government (linguistics) , social distance , public health , infectivity , medicine , virology , immunology , development economics , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virus , economics , linguistics , philosophy , nursing , pathology
As the infectivity of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is higher compared with other coronaviruses reported so far, so effective therapeutics and vaccines are the best way to control the proliferation of this infection The COVID-19 mortality rate is lower compared with other similar viral diseases such as severe acute respiratory Ssndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). However, due to the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 mutants that are responsible for the subsequent waves, mortality due to COVID-19 has increased across the globe. Currently, the magnitude of SARS-CoV-2 infection is highly severe and is leading to a tremendously increased number of deaths globally. Scientists expect that SARS-CoV-2 has the potential to become a seasonal disease like influenza and may persist with humanity in the future. Currently, preventive strategies such as sanitation, social distancing, use of masks, potential chemotherapies (pathogen-centric and host-centric), and vaccines are the only option to fight against COVID-19. Many groups of Indian government-public private consortia had set up different strategies (development of multiple vaccines) for combat of this unique threat through stepssuch as an increase in vaccinations and sample testing per day. In this focused review, we have discussed the challenges faced and success stories employed to manage COVID-19.