https:\/\/www.globalindiantimes.com\/globalindiantimes\/2020\/4\/4\/why-social-distancing-is-not-helping-stop-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-in-india<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\nAn article written by Dr. Mohd Imran Khan and Prof. Anu Abraham from Sarla Anil Modi School of Economics, Mumbai Campus published in\u00a0Global Indian Times on\u00a0 04\/04\/2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The safety measures recommended by WHO have worked to reduce the spread of the virus in China, though implemented forcefully by a dictatorship, and in South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. Initially, soon after the first cases emerged, the precautions were not widely adopted in the U.S., Spain, Italy and the UK, leading to exponentially rising […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,43],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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