Coronavirus: ‘inevitable’ India will become outbreak hotspot, say health experts

Health experts have said that India could become the next major hotspot of the coronavirus outbreak, warning that the spread of the virus across the densely populated nation is “inevitable”. The South Asian giant has confirmed 137 cases of Covid-19 and three deaths since the first case was detected in January, triggering a series of government bans in recent weeks including curbing international travel, shutting educational institutes and banning gatherings across the nation of 1.3 billion. The unprecedented bans led to the closure of the Taj Mahal until the end of the month in an effort to halt the beginning of community transmission locally that has infected more than 180,000 people...