COVID-19 In India: Are Biological And Environmental Factors Helping To Stem The Incidence And Sever

The ongoing Corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic has witnessed global political responses of unimaginable proportions. Many nations have implemented lockdowns that involve mandating citizens not to leave

The Indian government has taken appropriate and commendable steps to curtail the community spread of COVID-19. While this may be extremely beneficial, this perspective discusses the other reasons why COVID-19 may have a lesser impact on India. A few leading medical and biotechnology researchers analyzes the current pattern of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, testing, and mortality in India with an emphasis on the importance of mortality as a marker of the clinical relevance of COVID-19 disease. They have also analyzes the environmental and biological factors which may lessen the impact of COVID-19 in India presenting views on cross-immunity, innate immune responses, ACE polymorphism, and viral genetic mutations.