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Detailed explanation-1: -New Zealand, Vietnam and Taiwan are the top three countries respectively in the index. Brazil was ranked at the bottom of the list for worst handling of the pandemic than any other country. China was excluded from the list due to lack of publicly available data.

Detailed explanation-2: -Outside China, 794 cases were reported with three deaths6. We present here the first case of COVID-19 infection reported in Kerala, India.