Coronavirus, an infectious disease which can easily transfer from one person to another, has been spreading unabated across nations. The deadly disease belongs to a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases. Due to coronavirus or COVID-19 that had originated late last year in a food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, worldwide, thousands of people have died and lakhs have got infected. The World Health Organization has already declared coronavirus as “Global Pandemic” as it has affected millions of people around the globe.
In India, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases and casualties are increasing with each passing day. Amid the coronavirus scare in India, various states have announced a lockdown. The government has also ordered states to "strictly enforce lockdown" and asked for legal action against those who violated the restriction.
According to health experts, India's cases have been growing at a rate seen during the early stages of the outbreak in other countries, which subsequently reported an exponential increase in infections. As per the Indian Council of Medical Research, currently, India is in stage two of transmission, where the virus infects people directly in contact with affected patients who returned from abroad.
Stay safe everyone, protect yourself from this deadly virus and maintain social distancing to protect others as well.