Cities like Chennai have experienced lockdown in a bygone era and the regulations imposed reveal similarities and differences in precautions taken more than a century later
Authorities scampering to restrict public movement, thousands being isolated and people hoping the bad times would pass was the norm in 1902 during the plague. In 1918 came Spanish flu, and precautions to contain the spread were thorough hand washing and physical distancing.
Waiting behind shuttered doors for normal life to resume is not new to people in Tamil Nadu. Details of government regulations to control diseases in a bygone era reveal similarities and differences in precautions taken more than a century later, while dealing the coronavirus.
Waiting behind shuttered doors for normal life to resume is not new to people in Tamil Nadu. Details of government regulations to control diseases in a bygone era reveal similarities and differences in precautions taken more than a century later, while dealing the coronavirus.