Lockdown is necessary but how will the poor survive?

Despite the rapid increase in Covid-19 infections over the past weeks, the number of daily tests has been sharply decreasing, increasing the risk factor of people carrying the virus remaining undetected and therefore infecting others. Given this reality, the National Technical Advisory Committee on Covid-19 recommended free testing be offered at government facilities and also the reducing of the price of tests in private laboratories. As the price of testing kits in the market has gone down, there is no reason why this cannot be done.