Covid surge in South Asia: India’s neighbours witness second wave


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0 Through the first half of the year, the narrative around South Asia and Covid was one of mystery. What explained the exceptionally low number of cases in this densely populated part of the world, and how did the pandemic appear to be tapering off so soon? That “South Asian mystery” is now unravelling – a second wave is here. While the numbers added up first in the rest of the world, proportionate to its population, cases remained low in South Asia, despite high population density. Mortality in particular was inexplicably low, even compared to other developing areas of the...