Indian authorities said the WHO guidance didn't apply in India because the spread of the disease has been less severe than elsewhere. The British patient sent home from the hospital last week in New Delhi didn't fulfill India's testing criteria. Bharghava said virus infections in India can still be traced back to people who traveled into the country from affected locales. “This along with our high population density can be our great challenge,” said public health researcher Oommen Kurian. In an already stretched and underfunded public health care system, money spent on the coronavirus leaves less for other public health problems.

Source: ABC News March 17, 2020 11:23 UTC