How to open up?

To know where to go, we must know where we are; a nation-wide seroprevalence study may cost one-hundredth of the GDP it can help save

With active Covid cases having fallen to nearly half the peak seen three weeks back, and daily new cases down by nearly two-thirds, the discourse is now shifting towards the process of easing restrictions. At a national level, such talk may appear to be premature, as despite the fall from the recent peak, both daily new cases and active cases are still one and a half times the peak in the first wave. However, trends vary across regions, and states like Delhi, Bihar, and Jharkhand already have active cases well below the peak of the first wave (a steep fall