India coronavirus dispatch: How Goa managed to control the pandemic

From debating easing of lockdown, to worsening access to mental healthcare, to status of women migrant workers in the post-Covid era

Here is a selection of important coronavirus-related articles from across Indian publications. From what diseases experts say about the easing of the lockdown, to the impact on women migrant workers and how Goa managed to contain the virus so effectively. 

Expert Speak 

Phased easing of lockdown: Veteran infectious diseases experts, Jayaprakash Muliyal and T Jacob John, who were at the forefront of the leprosy eradication and pulse polio immunisation programmes, respectively feel that it’s time to end the lockdown, with one of them describing a long-term shutdown as akin to ‘burning the house to kill a rat’. They however advocate