When the Covid epidemic first broke out in March 2020, the community’s efforts were directed at coping with the ill-conceived, knee-jerk, national lockdown declared with a mere four hours’ notice by the Central Government. Aside from leaving millions jobless, penniless and without shelter, there was the problem of procuring food, tending to the elderly who were denied domestic help (unless they could afford live-ins), coping with electrical, plumbing and appliance breakdowns, accessing medical assistance, and so on.
The government stated they ordered the abrupt lockdown to stop the spread of the virus and to give a breather for medical facilities......