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New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that the Indian government had dealt with the challenge posed by COVID-19 pandemic in many ways like a people's movement by involving people and motivating them. "In many countries, people look at it like a public health response or a governance challenge. We have actually dealt with it in many ways like a people's movement, that you actually get people involved and motivate them," he said an event hosted by Asia Society. The minister said that the Indian government had done right things such as stopping international travel and a nationwide lockdown in the early stages of the pandemic.