A Comprehensive Analysis of COVID-19 Outbreak situation in India

Rajan Gupta; Saibal Kumar Pal; Gaurav Pandey

With respect to transportation services, only intra-state travel may be allowed in various states of India where population density is low and reported cases are less than 50 right now. No inter-state domestic travel should be allowed for the time being as it may result in transferring the COVID-19 carriers from one region to another region. International travel flights must not be activated as the number of cases in majority of the regions of the world is very high. European and US regions are already facing most of the turmoil, while other parts of the world are seeing rapid rise in number of infected cases. Starting inbound international flights to India may disturb the COVID-19 action plan in India. Only essential services should be open for the citizens of India and lockdown should be carried on for next 2-4 weeks. Due to expected shortage of doctors, health workers and essential service providers, the Government of India should rope in the military, BSF, corporate, NGOs, students and volunteers. Provisions should be made in parallel to train them online and prepare them for the worst. Meanwhile, the Government of India should also plan to arrange Personal Protective Equipment & other resources for their optimal participation in the national mission. Lockdown with more stringent controls should be enforced for the next few weeks by identifying hotspots and isolating them. Due to the population density of the country, customized region wise solutions should be exercised with relaxation to practice livelihood in safer identified regions. For this, central level administrative unit, state level administrative unit and local level administrative units need to communicate with each other efficiently. The dis-ease can be better controlled in India due to massive stock of suitable medication available in the country, which is why India is also able to support other nations in terms of drug supply.