‘Lockdown, vaccination, field hospitals’: U.S. public health expert’s advice on curbing the COVID-19 crisis in India

Dr. Anthony Fauci offered insights on what India can do immediately, mid-term and on long-term basis to control the surge.

Expressing concern over surging coronavirus cases in India, America’s top public health expert and White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday recommended a nationwide lockdown, massive vaccination drive and the construction of a large number of makeshift hospitals. “It is quite obvious to everyone that the situation in India is extremely serious,” Dr. Fauci, who is considered one of the world’s top infectious disease specialists, told PTI in an interview. “When you have so many people getting infected…the lack of the capability to take adequate care of everyone; when you have shortages of hospital beds and oxygen and shortages of supplies, that really becomes a very desperate situation. Which is the reason why we feel it’s important for the rest of the world to help out, to the extent they can,” Dr. Fauci said.