India isn't prepared to deal with a pandemic
On May 13, a 23-year-old Indian flew into Hyderabad airport from the US. The young man was the first person in India to be diagnosed with the H1N1 flu virus. Over the next 12 days he recovered from it under quarantine and a dose of Tamiflu, the anti-viral drug.
(This story appears in the 11 September, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)