Why in news?
• A Stringency Index created by Oxford University shows how strict a country’s measures were responding to the Covid-19 outbreak, and at what stage of the spread it enforced these.
About:
• It is among the metrics being used by the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker.
• It tracks 17 indicators of government response. These indicators examine containment policies such as school and workplace closings, public events, public transport, stay-at-home policies.
• The Stringency Index is a number from 0 to 100 that reflects these indicators. A higher index score indicates a higher level of stringency.
Key findings:
• The Stringency Index has found that India indeed had one of the strongest lockdown measures in the world — at a 100 score since March 22.
• It was relaxed slightly on April 20 after the government eased norms for certain workplaces in regions outside the red zones.
• In countries such as the UK, the US, and India, the Oxford graphs find that the death curve has not flattened after strictest measures were enforced.
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