Is India doing enough contact tracing in its battle against COVID-19?
Lack of data and transparency from various states and anecdotal accounts of COVID-19 patients shows India is falling far behind in contact tracing, the most important weapon against the virus.By Anuja VenkatachalamIndia’s climb to second place in the global ranking of countries with the highest number of coronavirus cases, despite the government’s timely action in enforcing strict lockdown, has raised several eyebrows on the efficacy of measures taken, and the measures that could have been taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19.In the wake of an infectious disease outbreak, to effectively qua...