COVID-19: Current Status and Future Strategies to Control the Spread in the State of Tamil Nadu, India
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37506/mlu.v20i4.2172Keywords:
SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Pandemic, Tamil Nadu, Epidemic, Strategies, Lockdown.Abstract
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from the family of Coronaviridae is causing coronavirus
disease. This is a zoonotic disease and identified first in the Hubei Province of China. In early 2020, this
disease was announced as a global pandemic. The pandemic hit the nations undiscriminating their economic
and development status. Tamil Nadu, a state of India is one of the most affected in the country. In spite of
various precautionary measures in controlling the pandemic, the state recorded active cases of 18,881 as of
13th June 2020. With no defined treatment to cure the disease till date, the healthcare workers along with
the collective support of various departments of the state are handling the situation with an aim to end the
epidemic. Almost all the sectors such as finance, business, education, etc. were affected by the pandemic.
This article discusses the current countermeasures for the infection, the impact on the state and suggests a
few strategies to control the spread.
