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Diverse approaches to manage pandemic continue
16 May 2021 - 9:33
The Peninsula
Doha: In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, countries across the world implemented a range of restrictive policies to impose social distancing and help reduce the severity of the pandemic. Most countries introduced tight lockdowns in April last year before relaxing them gradually during the rest of the year.
A number of countries then needed to tighten their lockdowns again to respond to a surge in cases of COVID-19 during winter in the Northern Hemisphere. However, every country is different and that has led to a wide range of approaches to managing the pandemic.
Only a few states have imposed complete lockdowns At least 26 states/UTs currently have COVID-19 restrictions in place, with nearly 98% of India s population under some form of lockdown, according to
Definition
What is the Global Stringency Index? Developed by the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, the index on any given day is calculated as the average score of nine parameters, each taking a value between 0 and 100. These include school closures; workplace closures; cancellation of public events; restrictions on public gatherings; closures of public transport; stay-at-home requirements; public information campaigns; restrictions on internal movements; and international travel controls.
Assessment
National lockdown, just not in name: Almost 98% of India is under some form of lockdown
National lockdown, just not in name: Almost 98% of India is under some form of lockdown
Data show that while we may not have nationwide lockdown in place, as many as 34 states and union territories have some form of restrictions in place.
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Nearly 98 per cent of India’s population is under some form of lockdown. (File photo)
Unlike the big-bang order of March 2020, India didn’t formally announce a national lockdown during the second wave of the pandemic this year. But daily life in almost 98 per cent of the country is already restricted one way or the other as the Asian giant comes to grips with the new ferocious surge.
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