Given its vast population of 1.35 billion people and being the second most populous country in the world, there was a nervous expectation that India would be overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients and the health system would be unable to cope with this surge. Therefore, India was viewed by the world with concerns about containment strategies, and the ability to cope in preventing and managing COVID-19. At the time of writing (12 May 2020), India reported ∼70 827 cases of COVID-19 and ∼2294 deaths.