The world still does not know when and how it would get rid of the devastating pandemic — Covid-19. Many countries have started claiming that within their borders the worst is over as the number of positive cases and deaths have gone down. But even this relatively low incidence of positives and deaths has already tested our health infrastructure to its limits. So, with the economy coming to a chugging slowdown on the one hand and on the other the worst of the pandemic still to come, the choice for the government was between the devil and the deep sea. Continuing with even an incomplete lockdown was bound to end soon in a social upheaval of gigantic proportion on the streets.

Source: The Express Tribune May 09, 2020 05:03 UTC