Last week, there was fresh confirmation that the coronavirus pandemic curve for India was finally beginning to flatten. The claim is that by focusing all our energies on tackling covid-19, we are understating the extent of the health threat facing countries like India. Worryingly, the latter is something which was already threatening to overwhelm India even before covid-19 pandemic struck. Even if it does help in containing the spread of the covid-19 virus, it does not provide a lasting solution. Viewing covid-19 only as a pandemic excludes such a broader, but necessary prospectus."

Source: Mint October 19, 2020 03:00 UTC