Mr. Sarbajeet Mukherjee
Volume 3 Issue 3 | Sep 2020
DOI: 10.31841/KJEMS.2021.26
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Abstract
The first human supposedly had walked out from East Africa some 200,000 years ago, and we do know today, that some of the diseases we are faced with, could be as old as 10, 000 years. For the past 100 years’ mankind has been challenged by numerous lethal diseases which have transcended international boundaries and have been defined as pandemic. Novel corona virus or, 2019-nCoV is one such pandemic disease. This coronavirus disease has affected the entire world population since late 2019 including that of South Asia. South Asia which is home to one-fourth of the world’s population distributed amongst eight countries namely, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Interestingly, some of these countries in the region like Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan are found to have performed well as to the UN Human Development Index and its health indicator is concerned, while, the rest like, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal haven’t done well in improving the health of their teeming millions. Therefore, the response of these countries has been varied in nature as to tackling of the outbreak of this pandemic is concerned. The study makes an endeavor to discuss the status, nature of response to COVID-19 and the likely impact on governance system in these South Asian countries.
Keywords: Pandemic, Coronavirus disease, South Asia, governance