Viral load: The Hindu Editorial on COVID-19-induces lockdowns and saving lives and livelihoods
Lockdowns can be used as a smart instrument that saves lives without killing livelihoods Hovering around 3.5 lakh daily infections, India’s current wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is still some distance from the peak. Some experts fear that it could hit a million daily infections in May, with daily deaths nearing 5,000. It is a different matter that the story these numbers tell is itself only a tiny fragment of the misery enveloping the country. The health-care infrastructure is stretched to breaking point in most parts of the country. Given this situation, more restrictions cannot be avoide...
Source: thehindu.com