FRONTLINE - April 10, 2020

In this issue

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Coronavirus Challenge

The deceptively small number of COVID-19 cases (and deaths) in India should not drive the nation into complacency: it needs to be prepared for a massive spread of the pandemic disease.

10+ mins

Deficient system

India’s ill-prepared public health system faces its toughest test yet as the number of coronavirus cases continue to increase, putting pressure on the government’s limited resources.

9 mins

Kerala model

Kerala’s social investments in rural health care, universal education, decentralization of powers and resources and women empowerment are standing it in good stead as it leads the fight against the coronavirus.

9 mins

Proactive Odisha

The Odisha government declares coranavirus infection a disaster and prepares its administration to manage and limit the transmission of the disease effectively.

5 mins

Economic burden

As the global economy heads towards an unprecedented collapse in demand, India under Narendra Modi sticks to fiscal fundamentalism when even diehard right-wing governments are trying to boost fiscal spending.

9 mins

The Chinese way

China has pooled all its resources to fight the coronavirus and is not only helping other countries with medical supplies and expert teams but also sharing its frontline medical experiences with the world in a transparent way.

7 mins

Covid-19: Lessons From Italy

For a variety of reasons, Italy failed to contain the initial surge of the pandemic. Its advanced health care network is its only solace; the focus is now on management rather than prevention.

10 mins

Corona In Trumpland

Donald Trump’s buffoonery in the face of the pandemic is not an individual failing but a symptom of a country where the state has been emptied out and lacks the capacity to act decisively in a time of crisis.

6 mins

Surge In Iran

Iran, its health care system crippled by U.S. sanctions, appeals for a global effort to curtail the spike in coronavirus infection as the death toll and confirmed cases in the country keep mounting.

5 mins

The Bat connection

Basic research into the epidemiology of coronavirus needs to be taken up on a war footing.

8 mins

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