COVID-19: managing India's economy in challenging times

Abstract

The outbreak of COVID-19 was reported first by China on December 31st, 2019. By March 11th, WHO had declared it a pandemic. The responses of countries worldwide have varied from scaling up the health facilities, widening detection tests coverage, quarantines, and partial or total lockdowns. These initial responses are more focused on health shock and containment of the disease, which has hit both developed and developing nations.