Kundu Aayushi, Basu Soumen, Shetti Nagaraj P, Malik Ashok K, Aminabhavi Tejraj M
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Affiliate Faculty-TIET-Virginia Tech Center of Excellence in Emerging Materials, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, 147004, India.
Center for Electrochemical Science and Materials, Department of Chemistry, K.L.E. Institute of Technology, Hubballi, 580 027, Karnataka, India.
Sens Int. 2020;1:100026. doi: 10.1016/j.sintl.2020.100026. Epub 2020 Jul 29.
The world has been suffering under the horrendous effects of COVID-19 both in terms of loss of human lives and numerous tangible as well as financial losses. There has been some contrast on the magnitude of its impact in various parts of the world. The most peculiar one is the impact of COVID-19 in India as compared to other developed nations. Having the second largest population along with poor health infrastructural facilities, India has fairly performed well in its initial fight against COVID-19 as compared to the far developed and equipped countries. This variance has aroused much discussion and deliberations among the academia and medical doctors to seek possible explanations. This report elaborates on factors such as dietary habits, vaccination (BCG), exposure to unsanitary surroundings, and climatic conditions, which could be the explanation for the contrasting impact of COVID-19 in India and other developed nations.
无论是在人员生命损失方面，还是在众多实际损失和经济损失方面，世界都一直在遭受新冠疫情的可怕影响。世界各地疫情影响的程度存在一些差异。最特殊的是新冠疫情在印度与其他发达国家的影响对比。印度拥有世界第二大人口，且卫生基础设施较差，但与远为发达且具备完善设施的国家相比，印度在抗击新冠疫情的初期表现相当出色。这种差异引发了学术界和医生们的诸多讨论和思考，以寻求可能的解释。本报告详细阐述了饮食习惯、疫苗接种（卡介苗）、接触不卫生环境和气候条件等因素，这些因素可能是新冠疫情在印度和其他发达国家产生不同影响的原因。
