India, April 4 -- Doctors say what makes Covid different is the rapid rate of transmission, longer incubation period and no known treatment.

New Delhi: Infectious diseases like the H1NI influenza virus, dengue, tuberculosis and AIDS have been affecting thousands of individuals and killing hundreds in India every year, but what makes the Covid-19 or the coronavirus different and dangerous, according to doctors, is the rapid rate of transmission, longer incubation period and no known treatment.

In India, over the last three years between 2017 and 2019, more than 82,000 people had been infected by the H1N1 influenza virus. This virus which is also commonly known as swine flu has also taken the lives of more than 4,500 people during this sa...