COVID-19 pandemic and contagion laws and policies in international and national perspectives

ABSTRACT

There is a settled statute concerning health rights and qualifications in emergency and normalcy. The current dash of legal advancement addresses novelty in the comprehension of India's epidemic and disaster administration. India has crossed 43,144,820 positive cases and 524,525 deceased persons due to COVID-19 until May 26, 2022. India has never spent over 2% of its gross domestic product on medical services. The probability of a principal statute of general health under these conditions needs a new generation of public laws and policies. The pre-constitution vintage of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, contradicts Entry 29 of the accompanying rundown of the Constitution of India, 1950, and fighting the bordering nature of COVID-19 in India. Therefore an investigation into the legal approach to the scourge of pandemic in the global and national purview appears to be entrancing in extending our comprehension of contagion control, the State's role, and citizen's freedom. The privilege of health and life is a vital concern of the State, particularly amid pestilence and pandemics. The cross-country lockdown and COVID-19 have seen a progression of legal intervention in health rights and entitlement in broader goals of COVID-19 pandemic and contagion laws and policies in India. © 2022 Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth ;Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow.