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Coronavirus | Expert View: The logic of a 21 day lockdown, and what should policy be beyond

In Focus by The Hindu
In Focus by The Hindu
Episode • Mar 27, 2020 • 22m

One of India’s most authoritative voices in the field of epidemiology joins us today to discuss the 21-day lockdown and whether India already has entered the community transmission phase with COVID-19 and the steps that we are to take going forward if we are to achieve a ‘herd immunity’ to the disease that can protect the young and the elderly. Guest: Dr. Jayaprakash Muliyil, Epidemiologist, former Principal, Christian Medical College, Vellore

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