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April 13, 2021 12:32 IST
Control has to be quick and the damage being caused contained as the pandemic has resurfaced in a fully open society
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Control has to be quick and the damage being caused contained as the pandemic has resurfaced in a fully open society
“The virus has gone.” That was in January 2021. “No, it hasn’t. It is back with more family members to attack us with greater force.” This is in April 2021. These scene changes are akin to what happens in village feuds or urban brawls that feature in news reports across India. While leaders are debating whether India is experiencing a second wave or Delhi is experiencing a fourth wave, the virus is spreading rapidly across the country, helped by the more infectious variants that arrived from abroad or emerged at home as a ‘double mutant’.