World Asthma Day 2020: Learn why asthma is prevented and what it is
New Delhi, Lifestyle Desk. World Asthma Day 2020: Every year on the first Tuesday of May, World Asthma Day is celebrated. This year, May 5 i.e. World Asthma Day is being celebrated today. It was first celebrated in 1998, organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA). However, World Asthma Day is not being celebrated this year. This information comes from the letter of GINA, which states that the World Asthma Day has been postponed this year due to the coronavirus epidemic. Statistics of asthma in India According to a report, 8 percent of the total population in India suffers from asthma, of which 6 percent are children and 2 percent are adults. This report also states that not every person in India has life insurance, due to which asthma patients are unable to get treatment.