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Till crore in public healthcare is scientists succeed in develop- a step in the right direction. ing vaccines and drugs to save us from the scourge (for MUMBAI which they are burning the Gundu K. Maniam: The pan- midnight oil), we are left with demic is taking its toll on liveli- little option but to continue to hoods in the informal sector. take precautionary measures. Staying back in such circum- stances and bearing the MUSCAT expenses for rent and food is Ramachandran Nair: not a viable option for many. In the wake of the COVID-19 Migrants feel the pinch and outbreak, any initiative to fight they are waiting for an escape the disease is a vibrant step route to their native place. But forward. Sharing vital infor- it is not so easy with a lockdown mation through reliable in all states. Besides, alerts have sources is one such initiative. been out for possible large-scale return of mi- grant workers to their native places —one such warning, for example, was recorded in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district about ‘return- ees’ from Kerala.