Daily Analysis of 'The Hindu' - 21st May, 2020 | Additional Study Material for UPSC PDF Download

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Working safely
A hole in the whole
How public health boosts an economy
Backing the ‘angels in white coats
Grasping the defence self-reliance nettle
China, better prepared for the post-COVID world
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Working safely
A hole in the whole
How public health boosts an economy
Backing the ‘angels in white coats
Grasping the defence self-reliance nettle
China, better prepared for the post-COVID world
Working safely
?Opening up economic production from a lockdown,
even partially, when the COVID-19 pandemic has not
peaked in the country poses an extraordinary
challenge.
?Countries around the world are focusing on making
the workplace safe, and issuing guidelines to help
workers return to their jobs.
?Reducing the number of people present at any given
time is a universal principle, either through resort to
shifts, or arrangements to enable employees to work
from home.
?Behavioural change
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Working safely
A hole in the whole
How public health boosts an economy
Backing the ‘angels in white coats
Grasping the defence self-reliance nettle
China, better prepared for the post-COVID world
Working safely
?Opening up economic production from a lockdown,
even partially, when the COVID-19 pandemic has not
peaked in the country poses an extraordinary
challenge.
?Countries around the world are focusing on making
the workplace safe, and issuing guidelines to help
workers return to their jobs.
?Reducing the number of people present at any given
time is a universal principle, either through resort to
shifts, or arrangements to enable employees to work
from home.
?Behavioural change
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Working safely
A hole in the whole
How public health boosts an economy
Backing the ‘angels in white coats
Grasping the defence self-reliance nettle
China, better prepared for the post-COVID world
Working safely
?Opening up economic production from a lockdown,
even partially, when the COVID-19 pandemic has not
peaked in the country poses an extraordinary
challenge.
?Countries around the world are focusing on making
the workplace safe, and issuing guidelines to help
workers return to their jobs.
?Reducing the number of people present at any given
time is a universal principle, either through resort to
shifts, or arrangements to enable employees to work
from home.
?Behavioural change
?Legally permitted ceiling for staff attendance is
now extended to 50% in specified sectors and even
in some government offices.
?At this stage of the pandemic, when a gradual
resumption of economic activity in multiple
sectors ranging from construction to food
takeaways is a necessity, the most feasible
interventions at the workplace are voluntary and
those that cost the least.
?There may still be occasion to resort to
intermittent lockdowns if opening up leads to
mounting cases.
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Working safely
A hole in the whole
How public health boosts an economy
Backing the ‘angels in white coats
Grasping the defence self-reliance nettle
China, better prepared for the post-COVID world
Working safely
?Opening up economic production from a lockdown,
even partially, when the COVID-19 pandemic has not
peaked in the country poses an extraordinary
challenge.
?Countries around the world are focusing on making
the workplace safe, and issuing guidelines to help
workers return to their jobs.
?Reducing the number of people present at any given
time is a universal principle, either through resort to
shifts, or arrangements to enable employees to work
from home.
?Behavioural change
?Legally permitted ceiling for staff attendance is
now extended to 50% in specified sectors and even
in some government offices.
?At this stage of the pandemic, when a gradual
resumption of economic activity in multiple
sectors ranging from construction to food
takeaways is a necessity, the most feasible
interventions at the workplace are voluntary and
those that cost the least.
?There may still be occasion to resort to
intermittent lockdowns if opening up leads to
mounting cases.
A hole in the whole
?The lockdown, as it was conceived originally, was
meant to be, at best, a stopgap arrangement that
would help nations tide over the crisis caused by the
SARS-CoV-2 virus.
?As sparse health-care resources in most parts of the
country have been channelled towards the COVID-19
effort, the numbers have risen, but normal health-
care services have been in suspended animation for
just under two months now.
?As conditional movement has been allowed, people
travelling across States bring positive cases to States
or districts that have remained case-free for a while
now.