COVID-19 in India- Impact and mitigation strategies
Chauhan Preysi1
, Saini Navreet K2, Srinivasan G3 and Dabas Heena41College of Nursing, JamiaHamdard, New Delhi, India.
2Ved Nursing College, Panipat, India.
3KGMU College of Nursing, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India
4Florence Nightingale College of Nursing, Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India
Corresponding Author E-Mail: sriniaiims@gmail.com
Abstract: Background: The magnitude of the outbreak of corona virus disease (COVID-19) is exponentially increasing in world causing significant mortality and morbidity. Like other parts of the world, India is also struggling with COVID-19 crisis. As per data by the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) till June 4, 2020, India had total 2,26,770 confirmed cases of COVID-19, out of which 1,10,960 were active cases, 1,09461 cured/discharged cases with 6348 deaths and one migration. Objective: This review deals with the impact of COVID-19 in India and the strategies adopted by theIndian government to mitigate the viral infection Data Sources: The studies published in the English language and indexed in PubMed were searched using MeSH terms COVID-19, impact, India, and health strategies. Data about strategies were acquired from the government of India official websites, government official news, and documents. Conclusion:Apart from the threat to lives, temporary unemployment, home-schooling of children, and lack of physical contact with family have highly impacted psychosocial health. To curtail the spread of COVID-19 India has implemented staged lockdown, social distancing norms, social media for public awareness, cluster containment, COVID-19 testing and treatment, vaccine trials and non- pharmacological interventions. India is advocating for the global collaboration to deal with relentless virus spread.
Keywords: COVID-19; Impact; India; Strategies; Mitigation Back to TOC