Preparedness of India - COVID-19 N S V SUSHMA ADITYA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY Underinvestment in public, the health care system poses a challenge to India,s COVID-19 containment plans. The death toll due to coronavirus disease 2019 in India was of 6929 as of June 7, 2020. Since March 24, India has been under a nationwide lockdown, now it has been slightly modified by the government, to curb the spread of the virus. India is now among the worst-hit countries, but before it is not. But its grossly under-funded and patchy public health system, with huge variations between different states, poses special challenges for the country,s disease containment strategy. Over the past few weeks, there have been several reported instances in patients trying to free isolation wards in government hospitals and hide travel history. Many with exposure to suspected cases of COVID-19 and infected persons have also tried to dodge the mandatory home quarantine. Quarantine refers to t