In Episode 10 of the fortnightly column, Sarnath Banerjee tells us how people in the Middle Ages coped with lockdown and social distancing As covid-19 rages on, Sarnath Banerjee speaks to historian Julia Hauser about plagues and pandemics in history. Click here to enlarge image Click here to read the Mint ePaper Livemint.com is now on Telegram.