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Indian Perspective of Corona Virus Pandemic: In the Eyes of Internist

Pratti Madhuri, Sukdev Manna, Anirudh Mukherjee and Minakshi Dhar

The whole world is under the grasp of the on-going global pandemic of novel coronavirus i.e., COVID-19 infection. The economically stronger and more developed western countries are trying hard to cope with this health problem in contrary to these nations India is performing surprisingly well against the initial expectations. In this article we have discussed the Indian scenario of COVID-19 infection, various factors leading to the benign nature of this viral illness, and its low infectivity in India along with the advantages and flaws of various measures taken to contain this viral outbreak. We assume that the combination of various biological, environmental factors, health policies, and renovation of health infrastructure together have put India in a better position in this battle against COVID-19 infection.