After Beating Small Pox & Polio, India Has Great Capacity To Deal With COVID-19 Says WHO

The executive director of the World Health Organisation(WHO), Michael J Ryan has reposed faith in the Indian health-care system forthe fight against the global pandemic that’s ravaging countries across theworld.

In a recent press conference, Michael Ryan said that Indiahas a tremendous capacity to deal with the coronavirus outbreak situation as it has the?experience of eradicating two pandemics, namely small-pox and polio.

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He said that the future of this pandemic will largely depend on what denselypopulated countries like India and China do to tackle this unprecedented healthcrisis.

“India is a hugely populous country. The future of this pandemicto a great extent will be determined to what happens to densely populatedcountries. It’s really important that India continues to take aggressive actionat the public health level, and at the level of society to control, suppressthis disease and save lives,” Ryan said.

"There is a need in the number of labs where a surge isseen. India is a very populous country and the future of this virus will beconsidered in a very highly and densely populated country. India led the worldin eradicating two pandemics, small-pox and polio so India has a tremendouscapacity," J Ryan said during a daily press brief on COVID-19 pandemic.

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"There are no easy answers. It is exceptionallyimportant that countries like India show the way to the world as they have donebefore," he added.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the numberof cases worldwide has surpassed 3,30,000, while the number of deaths hasexceeded 14,000.

In India 20 states and union territories announced a completelockdown, covering as many as 548 districts, after? an unprecedented increase in cases of COVID-19.

Let us hope that people understand the gravity of the situation and follow the guidelines being issued by the authorities - most important ones being washing your hands, not touching your face and staying at home. Staying in is extremely important if we want to flatten the curve and prevent the spread of this virus.