NEW DELHI: The release of lockdown in India has to be selective and careful. Measures are required to ensure people living ‘hotspots’ – areas where there are identified Covid-19 positive cases – do not start going into new places and spreading the disease.
David Nabarro, World Health Organisation’s (WHOs) special envoy on Covid-19 said this on Thursday while addressing the Global Online Conference on Covid-19: Fallout & Future, organised by Bennett University.
“No country wants to stay in lockdown for any longer than its absolutely necessary. So, the best thing to do now is to develop community level capacity for detection and isolation of positive cases,” he added. The WHO special envoy on Covid-19 praised India’s decision to introduce an early lockdown.
“It helps in buying time and reducing the intensity of outbreak. This time can be utilised t