Countries like Italy, Brazil, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, United Kingdom etc. do not have the necessary health care infrastructure to support mass admission of COVID-19 patients and hence need to rely on intense lockdowns to contain the infections. The increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the US and the inability to contain it is also due to late lockdown decision of the government post-outbreak. The percentage of lockdown days since the first infection is still on the lower side for these countries to be on a recovery path against the infection. With time, there is a high probability that the infection will be contained. However, in the long run, these countries should invest in improving health care facilities to reduce causalities during pandemics. It is better for countries to be prepared for epidemics and pandemics and proactive policies and infrastructure as in the case of Singapore can save lives than reactive measures. It is evident that COVID-19, unlike SARS, will not be controlled by the environmental factors and any future outbreaks will still rely on healthcare infrastructures, timely lockdowns, and social distancing for containment.