Mushfiq Mobarak

In February 2021, Covid-19 numbers started rising again in South Asia with the official daily case counts rising beyond 400,000 in India, 6,000 in Pakistan and 7,500 in Bangladesh, straining their health systems.

In February 2021, Covid-19 numbers started rising again in South Asia with the official daily case counts rising beyond 400,000 in India, 6,000 in Pakistan and 7,500 in Bangladesh, straining their health systems. The massive surge in India soon spilled over across the border into Nepal, leading to “apocalyptic” scenes of overwhelmed hospitals.

Deadly Covid-19 surges are painful reminders that we cannot let our guard down. If the virus travels into rural South Asia with the same vengeance with which it hit Indian cities,