We have to achieve herd immunity, says India's leading epidemiologist

Dr Jayaprakash Muliyil, in an interview with tells Somesh Jha that the days of eradicating the disease is over

Dr Jayaprakash Muliyil, former principal of Christian Medical College, Vellore, is one of the country’s leading epidemiologists.

He has served the Indian Council of Medical Research in various advisory committees in the past and his work involves decades of extensive research in the area of infectious diseases. Muliyil tells Somesh Jha that the days of eradicating the disease is over.
 

How should the government proceed ahead in the second phase after the current 21-day lockdown period gets over?
 

The principle of the whole strategy is based on an important recognition, that is by searching cases and isolating them alone,