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Anthony Fauci suggests few weeks' lockdown in India to break the chain

Fauci, in an interview, said another most important thing is to get supplies of oxygen, medication, PPEs

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens as President Donald Trump answers questions during the coronavirus task force daily briefing at the White House in Washington, DC. Photo: Reuters
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Fauci said India should look at putting together a crisis group that would meet and start getting things organised Photo: Reuters

Press Trust of India Washington
Top US epidemiologist Anthony Fauci has suggested a lockdown for a few weeks in India as an immediate step to contain the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) as its deadly second wave shows no signs of ebbing.

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 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

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