Civic
To mask or not to mask? Fines won’t be the deciding factor
Policing people to wear masks might not be the most effective way. Behaviour change communication can play a key role in this ongoing pandemic. »
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Governance
How Delhi flattened the COVID curve
The Delhi model, as described by the chief minister Kejriwal himself: “Testing, home isolation, transparent data, hospital beds and plasma therapy.” »
Waste Management
How Trichy’s daily wager sanitation workers found support during the COVID lockdown
The Tiruchirapalli chapter of an urban sanitation support programme has stepped up to secure the health and livelihoods of sanitation workers and caretakers managing community and public toilets in the city. »
Governance
Does latest government protocol quell fears over safety of Aarogya Setu?
Who can access your personal data from the Aarogya Setu app and for how long? Latest govt rules clarify, but does that address safety concerns? »
Governance
How Chandigarh’s four-pronged strategy is helping the city fight COVID-19
Municipal Commissioner K K Yadav talks about the challenges posed by COVID-19 and the strategies adopted by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation to tackle the same. »
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Governance
Five steps that enabled Bhilwara to defeat COVID-19 and become a model containment zone
With hotspots and containment zones on the rise across the country, how Bhilwara, the first such hotspot, handled the situation deserves to be highlighted. »
Governance
Phased exit from lockdown: What does the Centre’s containment plan say?
As coronavirus positive cases near the 6000 mark, an immediate end to the nationwide lockdown on April 15th is very unlikely. Instead, states are looking at containment strategies to keep ‘hotspots’ under total lockdown. Here are the basic guidelines from the Ministry of Health that will drive such containment strategies. »
Governance
COVID-19: Will state measures be enough to help Hyderabad contain the spread?
Telangana is one of the few states to have announced a slew of relief measures targeted at health support as well as social security, but what about containment of the virus? Though exact numbers are not known, some patients who have succumbed to the virus had attended the Tablighi event in Delhi. »
Economy
Mumbai youth group urges support for the poor as they face starvation, job cuts along with COVID risk
Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA) conducted a rapid assessment in over 20 settlements across Greater Mumbai where low-income communities live and work, and found that they not only face risk of disease, but a threat to basic sustenance in the face of the coronavirus outbreak. »
Governance
COVID-19: Number of infected on the rise, but are their contacts being traced?
A critical step in containing coronavirus is contact tracing — identifying anyone who came in contact with an infected person, quarantining and monitoring them. But across Indian states, there seem to be significant discrepancies in the way this is being done. »