New Delhi, May 23 -- As cases surge each passing day amid lockdown relaxation and there is a continuous exodus of inter-State migrants, the Government on Friday warned that the fight against corona is a long haul not of weeks and months but much beyond. It indicated that restrictions on peoples' movement were no longer a solution to check virus spread given the economic considerations.

"Lockdown cannot go on forever, it was meant for a purpose which we have achieved to a very large extent. Now we have to make things difficult for the virus," said Dr V K Paul, Chairman of Empowered Group 1 and head of the national task force on Covid-19 management.

"Goal will be to stop the spread with minimum deaths," said Paul who is also the member of t...