India coronavirus dispatch: The fate of returning migrant workers

Here is a round-up of important coronavirus-related articles from across Indian publications. From building capacity to produce cheap test kits, to what is medical protective clothing, and why travel & tourism will return with a bang after Covid — read these and more in today’s India dispatch.

Opinion

Covid-19 could do for the biomedical industry what the Y2K scare did for India’s IT sector: Ubiquitous testing will likely be a worldwide phenomenon over the next year or two. Consequently, world demand for test kits will explode. If Indian businesses can respond to the challenge by quickly building capacity to produce relatively cheap