India’s COVID-19 strategy: A story of missteps

India has third highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world and is recording close to or over 50,000 cases a day. What explains this relentless surge in cases in the country?

July 31, 2020 by Peoples Dispatch

Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the situation with regard to the pandemic in India. He explains the missteps and holes in the strategy of the government when it comes to handling the pandemic. He also talks about the government’s claim that death rates are low when compared to the rest of the world.