Thread by @DevangVDave

How is India Fighting COVID-19:

1. Firstly, despite sharing a border of 3,488 kilometres with China, India has only reported 78 cases and 1 death- compare that with 596 cases and 8 deaths in the UK. #COVID19India

2. India is the only country in the world to evacuate its citizens 6 times (and counting) and evacuated the most number of foreign nationals.#COVID19India

3. The Indian Air Force evacuated a total of723 Indians,37 foreign nationals from Wuhan. India evacuated 119 Indians and 5foreign nationals from Japan

IAF also evacuated 58 Indian pilgrims from Iran on the 10th of March. Total: 900 Indians and 48 foreign nationals.#COVID19India

4. India is leading the fight against COVID-19 in the South Asian region, offering diplomatic, humanitarian and medical assistance to its neighbours. #COVID19India

5. A total of56Virus Research DiagnosticLaboratories(VRDLs)have been set up in India to test its citizens as well as foreign citizens in a record time,with a plan to build56more VRDLs in next month. This insane level of efficiency hasn't caught the eye of the media #COVID19India

6.India currently has one of the world’s most efficient and reliable testing systems,reducing the time taken to get test results back from12-14hours to four hours. US health officials have admitted that their system is failing and has testing has been very sluggish #COVID19India

7. As a result, from Iran, Afghanistan up to Timor Leste, countries in Asia have been requesting India to help set up testing facilities in their countries.
#COVID19India

8.India has sent 6 top scientists to set up a make-shift lab and testing facility in Iran to test 6000of its citizens because Iranian officials refused to test Indians due to their high load India plans to send3more airplanes in the next week to airlift its citizens #COVID19India

9. India has provided 15 tonnes of medical assistance comprising masks, gloves and other emergency medical equipment to China. #COVID19India

10. India has sent Maldives a 14 member medical team comprising of pulmonologists, anaesthetists, physicians & lab technicians and also a large composite of COVID-19 medical relief to assist Maldives health authorities. #COVID19India

11. India has screened 1,057,506 people from 30 airports and 77 seaports. #COVID19india

12. India has suspended all visas to India as well as visa-free travel facility for OCI cardholders. It has closed its border with Myanmar. The Indian nationals coming #COVID19india