"I feel that they are shifting the model, they were till now going by the hammer and the tongs model which is a lockdown," he said. "The Sweden model or that in Taiwan or South Korea, where instead of lockdown they stressed on testing and segregating high-risk population, they have got equal success," Sarkar said. He opined that the government had enforced a strict lockdown in the beginning owing to lack of testing facilities, but now with a countrywide testing capacity of around one lakh per day, the government is shifting towards the Sweden or South Korea or Taiwan model from the lockdown model. "The way the lockdown is being practically lifted without any preparation, it may lead to a catastrophe," he said. Gumta said the government needs revenue and people also require livelihood and as such lockdown has to be lifted gradually.

Source: The Telegraph May 30, 2020 04:52 UTC