Prepare to succeed, panic to fail: The mantra for COVID-19 prevention in India

Shivashankar Kengadaran; Anusha Divvi; Sivabalakumaran Kengadaran

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Prepare to succeed, panic to fail: The mantra for COVID-19 prevention in India

Shivashankar Kengadaran ¹

Anusha Divvi ¹

Sivabalakumaran Kengadaran ²

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1	Department of Public Heath Dentistry, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Pondicherry, India
2	Department of Anaesthesiology, Government Chengalpattu Medical College, Chengalpattu, India

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Shivashankar Kengadaran

Department of Public Heath Dentistry, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Pondicherry, 607402, India

Submission date: 2020-03-19

Acceptance date: 2020-04-05

Publication date: 2020-04-10

Popul. Med. 2020;2(April):7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18332/popmed/120074

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