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Refrain from using Worldometer (worldometers.info) as a source due to common errors being observed as noted on the Case Count Task Force common errors page. (April 2020, April 2020)

For infoboxes on the main articles of countries, use Wuhan, Hubei, China for the origin parameter. (March 2020)

"Social distancing" is generally preferred over "physical distancing". (April 2020, May 2020)

Page title

COVID-19 (full caps) is preferable in the body of all articles, and in the title of all articles/category pages/etc.(RM April 2020, including the main article itself, RM March 2021).

SARS-CoV-2 (exact capitalisation and punctuation) is the common name of the virus and should be used for the main article's title, as well as in the body of all articles, and in the title of all other articles/category pages/etc. (June 2022, overturning April 2020)

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Section sizes

Section size for COVID-19 pandemic in India (68 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	12,832	12,832
Timeline	331	43,696
2020	10,749	10,749
2021: Second wave	28,186	28,186
2022	1,219	1,219
2023	3,211	3,211
Response	186	152,818
Health care and testing	6,526	73,861
Initial testing	4,100	4,100
Expansion of tests	9,314	9,314
Testing community transmission	5,254	5,254
Daily samples tested	9,169	9,169
Research and treatment	15,340	15,340
Vaccine development and production	8,785	8,785
Vaccination policy and distribution	15,373	15,373
Immediate relief	421	14,684
Welfare	6,050	6,050
Economic relief and stimulus package	8,213	8,213
Lockdowns	55	17,072
First wave: Nation-wide	13,147	13,147
Second wave: State-wise and localized	3,870	3,870
Administration, committees and task forces	15,738	15,738
Pseudoscience practices	1,157	1,157
Military	4,919	4,919
Private sector	4,392	4,392
International	22	13,866
International support	13,844	13,844
Response shortages and criticism	6,943	6,943
Evacuations by India related to the COVID-19 pandemic	208	47,094
Background	20	6,159
COVID-19 pandemic	2,712	2,712
Migration	1,470	1,470
Previous evacuations	1,957	1,957
International	22	31,092
January–April 2020	10,762	10,762
May 2020–present: Vande Bharat Mission	3,515	3,515
Phase I	7,582	7,582
Phase II	2,609	2,609
Phase III	650	650
Phase IV	1,483	1,483
Phase V	1,759	1,759
Phase VI	363	363
Phase VII	526	526
Samudra Setu II	1,821	1,821
Domestic	1,415	1,415
Reception	6,599	6,599
Incidents	19	1,621
Air India Express Flight 1344	565	565
Air India Flight AI-312 27-Aug Fiasco	1,037	1,037
Impact	14	71,300
Displacement of migrant workers	7,705	7,705
Drug shortages	4,026	4,026
Education	5,638	5,638
Economy	7,688	7,688
Freedom of expression	3,305	3,305
Other diseases	2,823	2,823
Healthcare and frontline workers	6,460	6,460
Religion	7,978	7,978
Rural and semi-rural India	4,799	4,799
Transport	9,102	9,102
Other	11,762	11,762
Statistics	1,538	12,596
Undercounting of cases and deaths	11,058	11,058
See also	287	287
Notes	263	263
References	33	33
Further reading	2,391	2,391
External links	2,162	2,162
Total	345,472	345,472

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