Sri Lanka, April 9 -- The National Centre on COVID-19 has been in the frontline, taking decisions on behalf of the country

This government is crazy. Not just this government, but all governments are crazy. All governments past and present as well as those yet to be formed are insane. Alright. Strong words. Frequently used words. Here's the question: are the finger-pointers sane?

Harsha Wickramasinghe, engineer and a perceptive if infrequent commentator on things related to policy and politics, at least in social media, had an interesting take. Here's the translation:

According to some on Facebook the country should have been shut down the moment the first person infected with Corvid-19 was found. Are face masks necessary or not? Is it ...