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The sharp decline in coronavirus cases in India has been dramatic and perplexed many as it is contrary to the early modelling which had predicted millions of deaths due to Covid19
Despite Covid-19’s downward trajectory in India, two worries remain
Researchers are not resting easy yet. Representational image. | Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters
When India went into lockdown in March 2020, the fear of Covid-19 swiftly spreading through a densely populated country of 130 crore people was dangerously real.
A harsh lockdown, one of the strictest in the world, created a humanitarian crisis of its own, pushing millions of migrant workers to take arduous journeys back home on foot. But the possible catastrophic impact of the pandemic was considered greater in magnitude by the government.
Nearly 11 months on, the Covid-19 infections and fatalities in India tell a different story.