Contact Tracing in India: Lessons Learned and Way Forward

On January 30, 2020, India reported its first COVID-19 case – a medical student in Kerala who had been evacuated from Wuhan. Exactly a year later, the country has recorded more than 1.5 lakh deaths and 1.07 crore positive cases. As of January 29, 2021, 33 lakh healthcare workers have been vaccinated against the virus. With the daily mass vaccination programme set to cover other frontline workers and people with co-morbidities in its upcoming phases, the beginning of the end of the pandemic seems to be in sight. 

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