India’s poor fear a return to lockdown
INDIA is witnessing a sharp spike in Covid-19 cases after months of declining numbers had given the country hope it had made it through the worst of the pandemic relatively unscathed.
On March 1, India recorded just 12 286 new cases but, since early this month, the figure has rocketed to more than 100 000 every day. Last week, it hit a record of 168 912 cases in a day – the highest in the world at the time. This week it recorded 273 810 new cases – the highest single-day spike ever.
As the health crisis escalates, the poor are once
