COVID-19: India and the World

Vinodan, C.Dr. C. Vinodan is Director, School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India.Dr. Anju Lis Kurian is Guest Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Newman College, Kerala, India.

The emergence of COVID-19 has turned into a cataclysm with prodigious repercussions on life and livelihood. As pandemic preparedness is recognized as a pivotal part of disaster preparedness systems at the national and international arena, globally it took a few weeks to acclimatize with the attributes of what was unfolding gravely. Timely interventions by the World Health Organization and other international partners have resulted in a coordinated public health response driven by real-time, reliable and actionable outcomes. The pandemic has propelled the world into an economically paralyzed state jutted out with unemployment and debts. The book, "COVID-19: India and the World" incarnates the pandemic trajectories and responses in India and the world. This book is useful for academicians, policy makers, scholars, researchers, public health professionals and people involved in pandemic research and excogitations.