Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nCOVID-19 pandemic engendered a once-in-a-century global crisis in 2020 where 90 per cent of countries are expected to experience a contraction in GDP per capita and India\u2019s efforts focused on saving lives and livelihoods by its willingness to take short-term pain for long term gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Economic Survey states the example of Spanish Flu to prove the point that the timing matters – early and extensive lockdowns leading to greater delays in reaching peak mortality, lower peak mortality rates and overall lower mortality burden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
40 day lockdown period was used for scaling up the necessary medical and para-medical infrastructure for active surveillance, expanding testing, contact tracing, isolation and management of cases and educating citizens about social distancing and masks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Survey credits the flattening of curve and lives saved to the early lockdown imposed by the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the lockdown resulted in a 23.9 per cent contraction in GDP in Q1, the recovery has been a V-shaped one as seen in the 7.5 per cent decline in Q2 and the recovery across all key economic indicators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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