Corona Virus Pandemic has to date spared India from a massive onslaught of death and destruction, similar to what
we see in China, Europe, and the United States of America. As on date, India has reported COVID-19 74,925 cases and 2,436
deaths. The Government of India (GOI) has taken many proactive steps to control the epidemic, including the total lockdown of
the nation to flatten the epidemic curve and reduce the case fatality rate. India has chosen a strategy of large-scale quarantine
and limited testing and not extensive testing and limited quarantine. This is because we have a large population of 1.3 billion,
and many states in India have the comparatively limited testing capacity to deal with a large-scale epidemic. The timeline that we
get by flattening the curve should be urgently utilized to plan and implement interventions that help preventing further spread of
the disease.
