The human-to-human transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 created an alert with the increasing number of cases12. The WHO report dated February 28, 2020 confirmed 83,652 cases of SARS-CoV-2, with a total of 2,858 deaths from 52 countries12. After the first report of SARS-CoV-2 from Wuhan, China, the Government of India reviewed and initiated multisectoral measures for the mitigation of this emerging public health crisis. These include point-of-entry surveillance at 21 international airports, enhanced State-level surveillance programmes and preparedness for handling clinical cases in designated hospitals. Till date, the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), a national health programme, Government of India, has collected samples from symptomatic travellers in liaison with the State-level Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDLs), Department of Health Research. These VRDLs respond for timely diagnosis during outbreaks.