Open AccessImpact of lockdown to control over Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 in India
Author(s) -
Anurag Yadav
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_692_20
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , coronavirus , betacoronavirus , virology , coronavirus infections , pandemic , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease
The world is going through a pandemic caused by newly emerged "Novel Coronavirus," which was originated from Wuhan, China in December 2019. This pandemic caused havoc in the world. So far, more than 200 countries have been affected by Novel Coronavirus. India is also not untouched by this outbreak. The corona virus transmits through droplets, contact, and fomites in human and become a chain transmission by human to human. SARS-CoV-2 spread worldwide by air transport, and it is also reaches to local and small societies or villages by domestic transport through the travelers.