ROLE OF HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IN CONTAINING THE PANDEMIC – DECODING THE STIGMA

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID – 19) is an infectious disease originated in the Wet market of Wuhan, Hubei, China in November 2019, thereby earning this name on 11th February 2020. From that day onwards this disease has proliferated throughout the world and it was declared Pandemic by WHO on 11th March 2020.  Every country in the world, no matter developed or underdeveloped, is using every possible way to contain this pandemic which has taken above 7 lakh lives around the world. (Till 7th August, 2020; Source: WHO).