As China intensifies Covid restrictions, India begins to relax curbs

Data shows that spike in one country has not coincided with a rise in the other

As India’s neighbour China imposes strict restrictions to arrest the spread of Covid, India is gradually relaxing its curbs. In fact, there is no sense of alarm in India as China struggles to keep the rising cases under check.

On Monday, India dropped the requirement for vaccination certificates for inbound travellers, joining Thailand, which eased the rule from October 1. Wearing masks in flights has already been made optional. Public life is back to pre-pandemic normal.

The lack of alarm in India is because of several reasons — for one, there are no direct flights between China and India now. Experts said