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Go for nationwide lockdown, massive vaccination drive: Fauci advises India It's well known, with the experience of other countries that locked down, definitely interferes with the dynamics of the viral outbreak, says America's top public health expert
Terming the situation in India "very desperate", America's top public health expert Dr Anthony Fauci has suggested the government marshal all its resources, including the armed forces, to immediately build makeshift field hospitals, and urged other countries to help with not only materials but also personnel. Following is the transcript of an exclusive interview of Dr Fauci, by PTI's Washington correspondent: Can you start with your assessment of the situation in India right now?
Fauci: I think it's quite obvious to everyone that the situation in India is extremely serious. I mean to have the level of infection that they're having right now is, is really quite. I would say. Let me get the right word so that we don't get taken out of context. It's something that is of the highest degree of series, when you have so many people getting infected and the lack of the capability to take adequate care of everyone. When you have shortages of hospital beds and shortages of 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, and that India itself can be doing things that I think could address this very emergent situation.... Fauci: Well, I think the world can help by supplying India with materials, and perhaps even personnel, but certainly, materials that they need to adequately address it, for example, as you will know. The US is supplying oxygen support with an initial delivery of over 1,000 cylinders of oxygen, as well as oxygen concentrators and oxygen generation units... Read Full Article