Letter.

Letter Published in The National UAE on 16April 20 Re gard ing Ramola Tal war Badam’s ar ti cle Coro n avirus: Modi ex tends In dia’s lock down to May 3 (April 14): this step will have brought the econ omy to a stand still for 40 days but health first. In dia has so far man aged coro n avirus very well. Given that the pop u la tion is over 1.3 bil lion, the fa tal i ties are well within con trol. We should ap pre ci ate how ef fi ciently this out - break has so far been mon i tored. The other task for the govern ment is to make ar range ments for mi - grant work ers stranded in var i ous states so that they don’t go hun gry. The govern ment should release its food re serves to help the poor. This is very im por tant. K Ra ga van, Ben galuru, In dia