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Re:India coronavirus: The 'mystery' of low Covid-19 death rates by rusticpenn on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @04:52AM (#23005041)
People also forget that India has a lot of experience in handling epidemics. Nipha virus(2016?) was quickly reported and the spread was drastically reduced.

However, I still am afraid that India might top the list of infections overtime. Its harder for a developing country to maintain a balance between economy and lockdown.

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Re:India coronavirus: The 'mystery' of low Covid-19 death rates by govg on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @07:22AM (#23005879)
That experience was almost exclusively only one state - Kerala, and they have also handled this one in the best manner compared to the other states in the country.
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Re:India coronavirus: The 'mystery' of low Covid-19 death rates by chrismorgan on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @08:56AM (#23006490)
Notwithstanding that, the provisions of the Epidemic Diseases Act of 1897 have been invoked a lot over the years—just normally in smaller areas than the entire country as it is at present. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemic_Diseases_Act,_1897
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Re:India coronavirus: The 'mystery' of low Covid-19 death rates by rusticpenn on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @01:43AM (#23015784)
That was just one example. In India, they regularly deal with breakouts like cholera, swine flu, malaria etc.
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