What’s up with India’s coronavirus lockdown: did it work and what’s the plan now?

Nearly six weeks after India’s government imposed a complete coronavirus lockdown on the country’s more than 1.3 billion residents, the jury is still out on whether the restrictions had the desired effect. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration has emphasised the positive outcomes, other observers have their own mixed opinions of one of the world’s strictest lockdowns – which on Friday was extended for two weeks beyond May 4 – and whether it has achieved all that it was expected…

from South China Morning Post https://bit.ly/2YoNznn