{"id":97,"date":"2020-06-04T04:36:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T04:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.isb.edu\/healthcare\/?p=97"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:24:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T09:24:38","slug":"we-are-relaxing-the-lockdown-but-can-we-relax-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.isb.edu\/healthcare\/2020\/06\/04\/we-are-relaxing-the-lockdown-but-can-we-relax-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"We are relaxing the lockdown, but can we relax yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(This article is based on a case study by Prof Sarang Deo and MIHM analyst Hemanshu Das.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As India opens up the world\u2019s most stringent #lockdown, is it prepared to handle continual COVID19 outbreaks?<\/p>\n<p>India is planning to open up after the lockdown but testing is still low \u2013 India tests 0.7 per 1000 in comparison to 1.13 in Italy, 1.03 in New Zealand and 1.7 in Denmark \u2013 all nations which are reopening. Countries lifting lockdown also have a higher doubling time of COVID19 than\u00a0India. India\u2019s doubling time was \u00a012 days on May 11, similar to Brazil\u2019s but lower than Denmark (115), Italy (198) and New Zealand (900). As nations ease their lockdowns, countries such as Germany\u00a0and US have almost returned to pre-COVID19 mobility. India\u2019s change in mobility from April 1 to May 10 has been the least among the countries compared.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike other countries lifting the lockdown, India has been unable to effectively utilise the lockdown period to prepare for exiting the lockdown, both in terms of curbing the epidemic\u00a0and increasing the testing rate. However, the steps we take with surveillance and serological studies can still allow us to come out of the epidemic unscathed.<\/p>\n<p>Read the\u00a0complete analysis as published on <em>Indiaspend<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiaspend.com\/india-underprepared-to-handle-covid-19-outbreaks-as-curbs-are-lifted-data-show\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(This article is based on a case study by Prof Sarang Deo and MIHM analyst Hemanshu Das.) As India opens up the world\u2019s most stringent #lockdown, is it prepared to handle continual COVID19 outbreaks? 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