No community transmission of Covid-19 a falsehood: noted epidemiologist

In a Q&A, Jayaprakash Muliyil, former Principal, Christian Medical College, explains why the lockdown was of little help in containing the virus

The Central government on Friday said that the national lockdown helped prevent 54,000 deaths and two million Covid-19 cases in India. In an interview with Somesh Jha, leading epidemiologist Jayaprakash Muliyil, former Principal, Christian Medical College, who is also a part of the research group assisting the National Task Force for Covid-19, discusses how the lockdown was of little help in containing the virus. He also talks about India already witnessing a community transmission and how herd immunity will be an inevitable consequence. Edited excerpts:

Do you think we adopted a reverse strategy – first we had the strictest of