The Working Group will conduct a cross-cultural comparison of curtailment of civil liberties during COVID-19 pandemic in India and the US. The group will identify lessons in balancing lock-down, quarantine, and isolation policies at one end with constitutional liberties, like free movement, on the other end. It will conduct content analysis of orders issued for COVID-19 response by state authorities and conduct qualitative interviews regarding their effect.
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