Too Close for Comfort
On November 1, as Kerala opened its beaches to the public for the first time in months, the state had 89,675 active Covid cases, the second highest in the country after Maharashtra, up from only 16 active cases in May. Some experts attribute the spike in case numbers entirely to public complacency, to people focusing more on the economic cost of lockdowns than the reason they are being imposed and the public health benefits of doing so. And now, though health officials have warned against a hasty easing of restrictions on
