According to a survey conducted to understand how different generations are coping with the fear of novel coronavirus outbreak in India, it was seen that a majority of the older, baby boomers generation were least afraid of contracting the virus. At the same time, over 30 percent of millennials said they were fairly scared.
The country went into lockdown on March 25, 2020, the largest in the world, restricting 1.3 billion people.
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