Write a paragraph on "India's battle against Covid-19"
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It has been suggested that, India could selectively relax the lockdown that has been imposed on it, given its favourable demographic profile. In this post, Ghosh and Pal argue that having a younger population is not necessarily a panacea in India’s battle against Covid-19. A younger population and early imposition of the lockdown cannot compensate for the poor health of its people, and the serious lack of quality testing and critical healthcare facilities in India.
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It has been suggested that, India could selectively relax the lockdown that has been imposed on it, given its favourable demographic profile. In this post, Ghosh and Pal argue that having a younger population is not necessarily a panacea in India’s battle against Covid-19. A younger population and early imposition of the lockdown cannot compensate for the poor health of its people, and the serious lack of quality testing and critical healthcare facilities in India.
There is now a general consensus that the Coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) is affecting many more individuals above the age of 65, with the possibility of dying being as high as 15% for people above 80 (and 8% for 70-79 and 3.6% for 60-69 years age group) as opposed to 3.6% for all. Not surprisingly, it is now becoming clear that countries with a large share of the ageing population are in a worse position to combat the pandemic. It has been suggested by Basu and Sen (2020) that, given India's favourable demographic profile, India could selectively relax the lockdown that has been imposed on it. However, we would like to point out that demography is just one of the factors that affect the vulnerability of the population to Covid-19 deaths. The strength of the healthcare system and the base level of health in the general population are two other important factors that matter crucially.