Joe Biden's Top Medical Adviser Advises Total Lockdown In India For Few Weeks: Report

COVID-19 India: "Literally, lock down so that you wind up having less spread. No one likes to lock down the country. Well, that's a problem when you do it for 6 months. But just a few weeks of lockdown could have a significant impact on the outbreak," Dr Fauci, US's Chief Medical Advise said.

Top US epidemiologist Anthony Fauci has suggested a complete lockdown for a few weeks in India as an immediate step to contain the spread of COVID-19 as its deadly second wave shows no signs of ebbing. Dr Fauci, in an interview to The Indian Express, said another most important thing in the immediate is to get supplies of oxygen, medication, PPEs. He also said looking at the magnitude of the crisis, India should look at putting together a crisis group that would meet and start getting things organised. Without naming any government, he said one of the things that should have been recognised that "victory was declared maybe too prematurely". "Well, one of the things you really need to do, to the extent that you can, is shut down temporarily the country, I think is important. If we want to time out and go back to what I said: there is the immediate, the intermediate, and the long range (measures to contain the virus)."