So far most if not all of India’s coronavirus cases have come from travellers — an Italian tour group visiting Rajasthan single-handedly spread many of the cases. Indian health officials should have put harsher quarantines into effect in February, he said. He said India had so far managed to keep cases low by responding fast and aggressively to the coronavirus, and urging people to practice social distancing. Still, one doctor in Kerala lost her job this month after trying to get a patient tested. “The owner said people would stop coming to my clinic if they knew a coronavirus patient was here.

Source: bd News24 March 18, 2020 08:03 UTC