In this article for Firstpost, Vaidehi Tandel, Junior Fellow, and Prakhar Misra, Senior Fellow, discuss how Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) and community testing can help the government with lifting restrictions.
Excerpts below:
“From what we have seen of this outbreak so far, we know that the spread is uneven and many of the hotspots have emerged in the big metros. While contact tracing may be used in areas where there are few infected cases, areas with larger outbreaks will require more community testing to monitor prevalence.
Effective implementation of community testing requires random sampling of households, personnel, cooperation from residents, and adequate logistical support for conducting tests. While random sampling can be done easily with the help of voter lists and electoral rolls, governments may face hurdles in these other areas.”
Read the full article here.
Note: This work was done by the author/s when they were a part of the IDFC Institute and is republished here with permission.
