Despite several containment strategies, COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc worldwide. The fact that India has been significantly able to control the rate of spread of the virus is a silver lining. However, the battle is still not over and challenges are yet to be faced. Amidst this scenario, the government is taking robust steps and significant decisions to ensure infection control.

On similar lines, the government has recently released an advisory of dos and don’ts to control the spread of the virus. The exponentially surging number of COVID-19 cases in India has warranted the need for stricter rules, enhanced vigilance and more robust research on the disease. Recently, the president of the Public Health Foundation of India, who is also an executive of the steering committee of the WHO-led solidarity trial on COVID-19, has warned about a possibility of the disease transmission reaching…