Short duration lockdown can`t curb Covid-19 spread, will only delay peak: Scientists
(WorldNews Environment)

The short duration lockdowns being implemented by various state governments is barely of any use to curb the growth of Covid-19, observed scientists modeling the pandemic`s progression in India. A periodically imposed short-term lockdowns, they said, could help reduce infection rates but it would only delay the peak, rather than breaking the virus`s transmission chain. From Karnataka to West Bengal to Uttar Pradesh short-term lock downs are being imposed by many states. While the first two have ordered a...