A blanket lockdown is not a solution for India.
Lockdown is intended to flatten the curve. When the coronavirus spread in the community, the number of infected cases may skyrocket and outgrow the capacity of the healthcare facility and resources. It will lead to catastrophe. The mortality rate may go up tremendously. The lockdown helps to slow down the spread and limit the number of cases within the capacity in such circumstances. The India government have been repeatedly reiterating that there is no community spread. It may not be true for all the states. Spiralling numbers in some states may be the sign of communal spread, however, if the source of each infection is known, it can be safely said that there is no community spread. In Kerala, except for a couple of cases, all the cases are either people who came from abroad and or their direct contacts. These people are said to be under quarantine and all the contacts of them have been traced and sent in quarantine too. A lockdown is required where a communal spread is suspected....