Corona tsunami in India: What Nepal can learn from

As the world marches into yet another year of coronavirus pandemic, the second wave of infections in India has reached record levels putting the country’s health care system on the verge of collapse. So, what went wrong, and what Nepal can learn from India.

As it is hard to link the current surge to mutant strains (double and triple mutants) as detected in many parts of India, the severe decline in compliance of Covid-appropriate behaviors, pandemic fatigue, and lack of effective implementation of containment measures by the government are the key reasons to blame for this exponential rise in new cases, which many fears are just the tip of the iceberg.