SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in India: what might we expect?

The Influence of COVID-19 on Air Quality in India: A Boon or Inutile

“…Novel coronavirus was reported for the first time in Wuhan district of China in the month of December, 2019 (Gautam and Hens 2020). Thereafter, the coronavirus transmitted rapidly and affected a number of people within a month (WHO 2020; Gautam and Trivedi 2020;Sharma et al 2020).…”

“…Thereafter, the coronavirus transmitted rapidly and affected a number of people within a month (WHO 2020; Gautam and Trivedi 2020;Sharma et al 2020). Gautam and Hens (2020) reported the information about the first affected person by SARS-CoV-2 in Kerala state of India in late January 2020. They also highlighted the travel history of the affected person, who returned from China.…”

“…At the time of writing this, a total of 488 deaths have been reported with 14792 infected persons in India due to novel COVID-19 (Aajtak.intoday.in/:18 April, 2020). The highest and lowest cases due to COVID-19 were reported in Maharashtra and Mizoram, respectively (Gautam and Hens 2020). In this regard, a 21-days nationwide "Curfew/Lockdown announced by the prime minister of India-"Narendra Modi", to reduce effects and transmission of coronavirus.…”

Air Quality and Its Relationship with COVID-19 Mortality in Hotspot Places of India: A Post-lockdown Analysis

“…The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) gradually spread throughout the world and become a global health issue (Chen et al, 2020a;Gilbert et al, 2020) and later World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it a pandemic (Huang et al, 2020;Cucinatta & Venelli, 2020). In India, the rst SARS-CoV-2 case was reported in the Kerala state in Jan 2020 (Gautam & Hens, 2020) and gradually spread in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, and rest of the states. Later, a countrywide lockdown was declared by the Prime Minister of India on the midnight of March 24th, 2020 that has been extended till April and further extended till June 2020 due to the fear of spreading the virus.…”

Impacts on Air Quality Index in the Industrial town of Asansol (West Bengal, India) due to COVID-19 lockdown

“…In add to these safety actions, the authorities decided also to shut down transportation and travel in and out of the country, close down schools, universities, restaurants and mosques, and to ban the mass gatherings across India. To prevent rapid transmission of coronavirus, countrywide lockdown had been enforced through the halting of economic production and restrictions on mobility of the citizens (Gautam and Hens 2020). Lockdown extended in India upto 31 st May 2020 and from 1 st June 2020 UNLOCK 1 started with lots of do's and don'ts.…”