BF.7: India braces for Covid comeback but is there need for alarm? HT Insight

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.