Lessons from Covid lockdownLast week, Indonesia became the first country in Southeast Asia to surpass India in terms of daily Covid-19 cases. The country's mishandling of its lockdown should serve as a lesson for the Thai government which is tightening its own lockdown measures. The world has seen what a combination of a lockdown and zero aid can do -- millions of Indians struggled to survive when Narendra Modi's government imposed a lockdown last year with only a few hours notice. As India and Indonesia have shown, the first to be affected are low-income labourers in construction jobs. Thailand, unfortunately, is moving down the same path, with workers confined to their camps for over a month now.

Source: Bangkok Post July 18, 2021 02:37 UTC