Is India prepared for Omicron?
Some lessons have been learnt from the devastating Delta wave of 2021, but not all
MANY INDIANS would have loved to slam the door on 2021 with a loud bang of good riddance. Instead, celebrations for this new year proved muted. As the highly contagious Omicron variant of covid-19 started spreading in late December police in Mumbai, the country’s commercial hub, banned public gatherings. Several states, along with Delhi, the national capital, ordered night curfews.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Elections and infections”
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