India needs a united attack on Covid. Centre must take control of fight again to flatten curve
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India needs a united attack on Covid. Centre must take control of fight again to flatten curve

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India’s consistently rising Covid infections and fatalities are cause for alarm. The data variation from states shows India hasn’t mounted a united attack on coronavirus. Some states have even been complacent. India needs to test more and central government must again take control of the fight to flatten the curve.

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