COVID 19 pandemic;a review on understanding the mode of transmission and application of strategies to delay/stop transmission with special reference to India. (Special Issue: COVID-19 one health approach.)

Background: SARS CoV-2 has globally affected more than 31 hundred thousand population with more than 2 hundred thousand deaths till date, since its inception from Wuhan, China in December 2019. World is still clueless regarding definitive treatment for this highly contagious disease. Till then we have to rely on time tested methods to delay/stop transmission of this viral disease by observing social isolation, hand hygiene and wearing face mask.