Coronavirus has reached India, but I feel safer here than I might back home in Australia
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus has reached India, but I feel safer here than I might back home in Australia

ABC  

Over the past week, I have been getting regular messages from friends and family in Australia checking how I am coping with the coronavirus situation in India. At the start of March, when India had just six active COVID-19 cases, the country effectively closed its borders to hotspot countries Japan, South Korea, Iran and Italy. While Australia debated what constituted a "mass gathering" and Prime Minister Scott Morrison was still determined to see his beloved Sharkies, several Indian cities, including the capital New Delhi, closed schools and cinemas until April. "Asian countries have been primed for some time now," Professor K Shrinath Reddy from the Public Health Foundation of India told the ABC. Public health experts say India's recent experiences with the swine flu and avian flu outbreaks means they're better prepared for coronavirus.

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