Preliminary Exam CSAT January 05

1. What began as a health crisis has soon turned into a devastating disrupter for trade and commerce wiping away millions of jobs due to varying degrees of lockdowns, which were announced in an attempt to control the spread of the virus. With the passage of time the trade-off between saving lives and saving livelihoods has grown starker. A milestone in the recent history of human civilisation, the pandemic is here to stay and we have no other option but to equip our healthcare systems to fight this massive battle, and vaccinate as much as we can.

As per the above passage, which of the following assumption(s) can be made?

  1. Economy of a country is closely connected with the health of its citizens.
  2. Government has not invested enough in the health infrastructure in the past.

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