Prime Minister Narendra Modi has compared India’s relatively comfortable coronavirus situation with other countries that have suffered calamitously.
He credits this to his “quick and decisive" interventions with a “holistic and integrated approach", in contrast to “the world’s big, powerful countries" that have been hit much harder.
There is more than a grain of truth in Modi’s assertions. The United States is leading the world in corona infections and deaths, with President Donald Trump’s dysfunctional leadership in glaring display.
His vacillation over preventive actions owing to electoral considerations and big business lobbying cost precious lives. The US’s top corona combat expert, Dr.
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