Dr. Dharmakanta Kumbhakar (The writer can be reached at drkdharmakanta@yahoo.com)
The year 2020 will be remembered as a dark year by everyone around the world for Covid-19 pandemic. The whole world fought a battle against Covid-19 in 2020. The world had no idea how to respond to an unknown deadly novel coronavirus. Globally, over 80 million people were infected across 218 countries and 1.78 million people lost the battle in 2020. India also recorded 1.02 crore confirmed Covid-19 cases of which 1.48 lakh died in 2020. Of course, by achieving 96.16% recovery rate and 1.45% fatality rate from Covid-19, India has showcased its resilience against the pandemic before the world. However, the threat of Covid-19 is not yet over and challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic may continue in 2021. Majority of the European countries are still getting severely affected. Globally 8,76,40,402 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 18,91,692 deaths have been reported till January 7, 2021. With 20,428 new Covid-19 c