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The WHO formally declared the novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak a pandemic on 11 March 2020 with the publication of public health guidelines to guide the pandemic response. 1 Serious illness may need hospitalisation and ventilatory support. 2 To reduce the risk of person-to-person viral transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian government introduced various measures including ‘lockdown’on 23 March 2020 with ‘social distancing’and ‘self-isolation’strategies and recommended shielding of at-risk individuals. 3 The lockdown measures reduced the movement of individuals and consequently has had a significant impact of daily life of Indian people with disruption of economic, social and access to healthcare facilities. 4 5 This has made people fearful, anxious, and sometimes they have found it difficult to access emergency treatment. 4 5 …