The rise in Coronavirus cases in China now has the attention of the top authorities in India. Focus on surveillance & pandemic-appropriate behaviour; No drastic measures been suggested as of now. With effective vaccines, a wider infection rate from earlier waves and a comparatively longer presence of the Omicron variant, India is unlikely to go the China way. Hindustan Times' Editor-in-Chief, Sukumar Ranganathan, decodes why there is no need to panic.
