Dube has established himself as one of the most destructive middle-order batters in the IPL, scoring 350 runs at a 170-plus strike rate
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Japan is cautiously learning to live with the coronavirus while Americans are busy celebrating on beaches after lifting partial curfews and lockdowns. The contrast is stark, even scary to those who are concerned about the bleak health situation caused by the pandemic that has left civilization reeling in its wake. Japan did not even enforce a complete closure of life and businesses but left it to the people to take their social distancing responsibilities seriously. The densely populated island nation has managed to come out of the crisis largely unscathed as it lifted restrictions on all cities on Monday. Japan was in a state of emergency. The people responded and did their bit. The government took advice from experts seriously, and tragedy was averted. But the economy is already in recession, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to roll out a second stimulus package soon that would total 40 per cent of the GDP. Spain also opened on Monday after experiencing the worst of the pandemic, and the toll on health has been among the highest in Europe - 282,852 cases and 28,752 deaths. But the country has lifted a lockdown (not an emergency as in Japan) as cases have fallen and tapered off. Japan managed to pull off what appears to be a miracle recovery: 16,550 cases and just 820 victims. So how did Japan do it without causing distress to ordinary people? The country chose not to 'test, test, test' as the World Health Organization had advised. Japan, according to some reports, tested just 0.2 per cent of its population!
The government placed no restrictions on movement. Restaurants and salons stayed open. Contact-tracing apps are absent, though the government may develop one soon. Did Japan go against the flow and simply develop immunity among a majority of its population. Or was it a weaker strain in circulation? It's premature to come to a conclusion when the battle against Covid-19 is still being waged, but other countries can learn from the experience that places a premium on the individual's responsibility to take charge of his or her health in a time of crisis. The emergency was lifted after the ratio of infected people per week fell to 0.5 or less for 100,000 people. The health system is now in better shape to deal with a second wave, if and when that happens. On the other side of the world, revellers in the US are throwing caution to the wind. Fun can wait. Now is the time to learn to live with the virus by staying away from each other.
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